NAUI Scuba Certification

Getting scuba certified has never been easier. Scuba certification consists of some home study, class room instruction, and the fun part, in the water! At Divers Cove, our goal is to make this as fun, and stress free as possible. Our prices are direct, up front and have no hidden fees or surprises. All classes includes all of your books, rental gear, instructor fees, air fills, pool fees, RDP, certification card and any other applicable student materials.
Please take the time to compare our prices against other certification programs. You will find many dive shops offering certification for around $170. What they don't clearly explain to you is that on top of the $170 you are responsible for purchasing all of your materials, paying for your pool time, and renting all of your gear and some are even charging for air fills. We don't believe in this practice. We want to be 100% honest and upfront with you, and ensure there are no surprises once you enroll in a scuba certification class. Please see the certification cost comparison chart below for more info to better understand what a $170 certification price really means.

Scuba Certification:	Specialty Training:	Professional Training:
NAUI Scuba Diver: $345	Advanced Open Water $295	Divemaster $375
Scuba Refresher $125	Rescue Diver $295	Dive Instructor / Assistant Instructor:
Group Rates: (per person)	Medic First Aid $100	please call for additional information
4-6 people: $265	Public Safety $400
7-12 people: $250	Search and Recovery $195
13 or more: $225	Deep Diver $325
Private Instruction: (per person)	DPV Diver $175
1-2 students $495	Drift Diver $175
	Dry Suit Diver $175
	Night Diver $175
	Cave Diver $175
	Wreck Diver $350
	Boat Diver $175
	Altitude Diver $175
	EAN / Nitrox $185
	Equipment Technician $175
	Underwater Hunter $175
	Underwater Photographer / Video $175
	DAN OL $80

The Other Dive Shop			Divers Cove
Open Water Certification	$ 170		Open Water Certification	$   345
Required (PADI) Certification (Academic) Materials:			Required (NAUI) Certification (Academic) Materials:
PADI Open Water Crewpack	$  65			Included
PADI PIC Card	$  16			Included
Passport Sized Photo	$  10			Included
PADI Open Water Video	$  30			Included
Total	$ 291
Required Open Water Dive Gear
Underwater Compass $40	$  40			Included
Safety Whistle $8	$    8			Included
Octo Retainer $5	$    5			Included
Scuba Equipment Rental ($40 @ 3 days / sessions) (BCD, Regulator, Weights, Tank, etc.)	$120			Included
Total (Materials and Open Water Gear)	$ 504		Total	$   345
Suggested add-on gear:			We'll price match any local competitors advertised price
Personal Snorkeling Gear			.....and take an additional 10% off!
Mask (Scuba Quality)  $50 to $100 ($75 average)	$  75			$67.50
Snorkel $45	$  45			$40.50
5mm Neoprene Boots $40	$  40			$36
Open-Heel Fins $165 (can not rent from dive shop)	$165			$148.50
Total	$ 325		Total	$292.50
Grand Total with Recommended add-on Gear	$ 829		Grand Total with Recommended add-on Gear	$637.50

Divers Cove encourages you to shop around and compare prices. When you are asking dive shops about their certification program, please be sure to have them tell you exactly what their certification package includes, and be sure to have them tell you what it does not include. As you can see in the above table, we illustrate what it means when another shop offers scuba certification for a lessor price. We take pride in offering a flat price, with no surprises. No need to buy your materials, or rent your gear. At Divers Cove, there are no hidden fees, materials to buy, or gear to rent.

For more information on the different training and specialty classes offered at Divers Cove, please use the menu on the left hand side under Scuba Training. If you have any questions, you can email us or call us at (916) 984-6185

NAUI is the world's most respected and largest non-profit diver certifying organization in the world. Established in 1959 and organized solely to support and promote Dive Safety Through Education, NAUI continues as the recognized leader in innovative education.

Several divers have asked why our shop dropped the PADI Five Star IDC Center and accepted NAUI. I want to explain in brief with a couple of reasons. First, let me say that we are not a PADI center. It is well known in the industry that NAUI is a superior organization to PADI, and our goal is to provide you with only the best. PADI training is a dime a dozen. NAUI training is the best in the industry.

Second, I discovered that the State of California Parks and Recreation trains only NAUI; law enforcement officers are trained NAUI; NASA prefers NAUI above all others; California State University Davis and other upper educational systems prefer NAUI. So it made great business sense to offer our customers, both individuals and organizations alike the best training possible with the least amount of difficulty.