The Neptune Warrior

This is not your typical Master Scuba Diver Course. This is essentially turning you into the most competent and complete diver.

This is the most demanding, yet rewarding program you can do in scuba diving and Neptune Warrior takes it to the next level. After completion of this intense course, there is no doubt you have mastered scuba diving.

• Prerequisites
  • 25 Dives
  • Advanced Diver or approved equivalent experience that includes deep, navigation, night, and competent diving skills.
  • Rescue Scuba Diver (may be done as part of the course if not complete)
• Academic Requirements
  • Completion of NAUI Master Scuba Diver On-Line Training
  • 10-16 Hours of In-Class Activities
  • Completed Journal with Dives, Experiments, and Projects.
  • Complete Required Reading and File Report
    • Scuba Confidential (Simon Pridemore)
    • Blue Mind (Wallace J. Nichols)
    • Surviving Survival (Lawrence Gonzales)
    • Once a Warrior
    • Approved Reading (2)
• Dives (Must have total of 60 dives total at completion)
  • Search and Recovery (4)
    • Circle Searches
    • Semi Circle Searches
    • Jack-Line Searches
    • Lift and Move Heavy
  • Navigation (4)
    • 500 yd Course
    • Night Nav Point to Point
    • Day Nav Long Distance
    • Night Nav Long Distance
  • Night (4)
    • Buddy Line Dives
    • Set up Shore Line Lights
    • Total Black Out Simulation
  • Air Consumption (2)
    • Sac Rate Dive
    • Experiments
      • Free Flow
      • Spare-Air
  • Underwater Mapping (2+)
  • Deep Dive (4)
  • Elective Specialty Dives (2 elective specialty dives- 2 dives per specialty) (4)
    • Dry Suit
    • Digital Imagery
    • Training Assistant
    • Citizen Science Diver
    • Side Mount Diver
    • Full Face Masks
    • Nitrox Diver
    • Altitude Diver
    • DPV
    • Ice Diver
    • Underwater Archaeology
    • Underwater Hunting/ Collecting
    • Wreck
    • Underwater Naturalist
    • Boat Diving
    • Personal Watercraft Diver
    • Free Diver
    • Instructor Specialty
    • Approve Specialty
• Projects
  • Required
    • Glue “Affiliation Patch” to Wetsuit
    • Make a Lanyard for Lights
    • Make a Buddy Line
    • Whip and Wrap Bolt Snaps (4)
    • SMB and Finger Reel Ascent Kit
    • Sew Name on Pack
    • Sew Ditty Bags (2)
    • Build a Save-a Dive Kit
    • Capstone Project (Must be Approved)
  • Electives (Pick any 3)
    • Make a Lift Bag
    • Build a Rinse Shower
    • Build a Drying Rack
    • Make a Pony Bottle Holder
    • Make a Soft Weight Pouch Set
    • Make a Dive Float and Flag
    • Build and Donate Underwater Games (for Neptune Warrior)
    • Build Promo or Research Video and Post On-Line
    • Build an Anchor Bag
    • Make a Scuba Tank Holder
    • Make a hang-bar / safety stop bar
    • Approved Elective
    • (Bad Ass Diver applicants must do all)
• Pool Skills
  • Ditch/Surface/Don/Dive/ Don (inside 3’x3′ area)
  • Underwater Knots
  • U/W Swims
  • Bound Hands/Feet
    • Swim
    • Mask Recovery (6′-8′)
• Open Water Swims
  • Quinn’s Swim
    • Across and Back (no time) on scuba
    • Mask, Fins, Snorkel, Wetsuit (surface- no time)