Cavern Diver

About this course

This course is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to gain experience and minimize risks in cavern diving. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are considered competent to plan and execute a cavern dive without direct supervision, provided the diving environment, activities, areas dived, and equipment approximate those of training.

Prerequisite

• Age. Minimum is 18 years by the water phase of the course.
• Certification/Experience/Knowledge.
  • NAUI Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent.
  • The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations to do so. One open water dive (which does not count toward the minimum number of dives required for the course) may be used as a screening and evaluation dive. This is not required when the student’s diving proficiencies are well known to the instructor.