Scuba North offers comprehensive dive training. Our instructors are highly trained professionals working through the finest agencies:
NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors)
For forty years, NAUI has offered the finest training programs in the industry. Not the biggest; simply the best. Their motto "Safety through Education" states a principle that seems to be lost in a world of drive-throughs and shortcuts.
PADI: Professional Association of Diving Instructors
PADI is the world’s leading scuba diving training organization. Scuba diving with PADI Instructors, Dive Centers and Resorts can help transform your life through education, experience, equipment and environmental conservation.
DAN (Divers Alert Network)
Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health of recreational scuba divers and associated with Duke University Medical Center (DUMC). DAN is supported by the largest association of recreational divers in the world. DAN O2 Provider courses are available at Scuba North.
Dive training goes on throughout the year
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In the winter, classroom and the pool are utilized to complete confined water training. Open water training can be completed while on a Scuba North group trip, on vacation, or in the spring, once water warms up in the area.
Basic Scuba Diver classes are taught over a minimum of 5 sessions to make training comprehensive and thorough, as well as to foster more enduring learning. During the extremely cold and "hard" water months, Pool Courses are offered. Pool Classes consist of the academic and confined water portions of the Open Water Certification Course. Options to complete the requirements for the Open Water Certification range from referrals to any worldwide NAUI shop or to any agency participating in the Universal Referral Program (SDI, SSI, YMCA) -- or, better yet, join one of the Scuba North trips and finish up in style! Classes are offered throughout the year in Traverse City and Charlevoix (Entry Level Scuba—Pool Course, local Naui Instructor: Murray Kilgour).
Basic Scuba 1 week summer classes meet each Monday through Friday &endash; 5 straight days. We don't go to the pool but use Long Lake for our Confined Water Training and finish in the Bay for the Open Water portion. Open Water Training (Completion of Pool Classes) is done over 2 days with 4 scuba dives and 1 skin dive.
Advanced Scuba Diver classes consist of 6 dives/ 3 days to better hone skills that divers will find essential in gaining experience. These dives consist of Navigation, Deep and Night dives; the remaining 3 dives are elective and can range from Underwater Salvage, Search and Rescue, Photo, Video to WreckDiving.
Scuba Rescue Diver course is a prerequisite for NAUI Leadership courses including Divemaster and Instructor. Adult CPR and NAUI Advanced Diver or equivalent must be completed prior to taking this class. Minimum age is 17 years. There are 6 dives spread out over 3 weekends. DAN Oxygen Provider will be included in this training.
Enriched Air Nitrox is a one day class to educate the diver in the benefits of oxygen enriched air, the limits, hazards, and its safe use. Included is the student kit with workbook, charts, a certification folder, instructor's fee, and 2 nitrox dives.
Limited Safeair (Nitrox)- ANDI CSU
Course covers Nitrox basics and certifies the diver to use 32% and 36% 02,the most common blends.
Ice Diver (Seasonal)
This course provides the diver with a basic understanding of the knowledge and skills
needed to minimize risks and gain experience in ice diving. Ice diving is defined as a penetration under solid ice.
Basic Scuba
A one week course, Monday through Friday.
The Confined Water portion is held in Long Lake,
finishing with the Open Water segment in the West Bay.
Open Water Training
Completion of Pool Clases is done over 2 days with 4 scuba dives and 1 skin dive.
Class size limited -- preregistration strongly advised!
Advanced Scuba Diver Classes
A 3-day course consisting of 6 dives -- 3 required dives (Navigation, Deep and Night)
and 3 elective dives (Underwater Salvage, Search and Rescue, Photo, Video or Wreck Diving).
Scuba Rescue Diver Course
This is a prerequisite for NAUI Leadership courses including Divemaster and Instructor.
Adult CPR and NAUI Advanced Diver or equivalent must be completed prior to taking this class. Minimum age is 17 years. There are 6 dives spread out over 2 weekends.
DAN O2 Provider will be included in this training.