What is Scuba Diving?

Scuba Diving

Scuba is the acronym that stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Scuba diving gives people a chance to see life in the ocean. Scuba divers wear equipment to allow them to stay underwater for a long period of time. The majority of scuba divers enjoy diving for many recreational purposes, such as to see the beauty that underwater ecosystems. Also, scuba divers might dive for commercial and scientific purposes.

Benefits of Scuba Diving

To become a scuba diver, enrolling into a diving class (from beginner to more advanced classes) will equip you with the required skills. You will be able to learn many techniques from knowledgeable scuba divers such as:

- Equipment Usage.
- Defense technique.
- Safety Procedures
- Ocean awareness training.

Classes are offered by many facilities worldwide to minimize the risk. Kuwait Liveaboard Dive Center offers scuba diving classes while delivering a crucial ocean awareness message. I have met the liveaboard Manager, Mr.Nasser Bader, and asked about the scuba diving courses offered by the center.

Explore the Underwater World with Kuwait Liveaboard

History

Kuwait Liveboard Center was founded in 2010 by the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) course director Mr.Abdulaziz Al-Kandari for Boat Trips and scuba diving. Kuwait Liveaboard Dive Center (K.L.D.C) was named "Garouh Onboard". In March, 2010, K.L.D.C. sailed the first trip to Garouh Island and it was the first Kuwait Liveboard trip has ever done in Kuwait. This trip was managed and powered by AlBoom Marine and the Boat Center. At then the team have decided to change the name to Kuwait Liveboard Dive Center. Kuwait Liveboard extended its services to include Scuba Diving training courses. Those courses are based on instructions and policies of NAUI. Kuwait Liveboard has a vision to achieve goals such as, deliver awareness message about environmental protection to all divers, and prepare trips to local dive sites in Kuwait and other regions, share the knowledge with all scuba divers activities and experiences.

Dive Center

The Dive Center management arranges trips in Kuwait and out side Kuwait to certify divers who agree to follow regulations set by the management to ensure safety and enjoyment. Kuwait Liveboard provides high quality equipment along with education materials to ensure that divers meet the course objectives. The following is a list of NAUI courses :

•  Scuba Diver
• Advanced Scuba Diver
• Master Scuba Diver
• Dive Master
• Assistant Instructor
• Skin Diver Instructor                                      
• Instructor
• Instructor Training.
• Recue Diver
• Underwater Ecologist
• Deep Diver
• Search & Recovery Diver

Management

Abdulaziz AlKandari

Kuwait Liveaboard Trips Center Manager

Email: a.alkaneri@kuwaitliveaboard.com

 
  Nasser Bader

  Kuwait Liveaboard Dive Center Manager

  Email: Nasser@kuwaitliveaboard.com

  Click on the following link to watch the interview
  with Mr. Nasser Bader in Kuwait Liveaboard Dive Center.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YZhL0PeSCs&feature=youtu.be

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Join NAUI: National Association of Underwater Instructors and become a member

Have you ever heard about the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI)? It is all about thousands of people for whom scuba diving is not just a hobby, but a passion. It is a noble purpose shared by those people who first formed NAUI. This history was build through hard work and perseverance, the conflict and resolution, and ultimately, the triumph of philosophy "Dive Safety Through Education."

NAUI History

The modern diving era in North America traces its beginning to 1448 when Jacques-Yves Cousteau convinced Rene Bussoz (of Rense's Sporting Goods in Westwood, California) to import self-contained underwater breathing units he called Aqua-Lungs.

Previously, aquatic adventurers were limited to breath-hold, although they called themselves skin divers. In the late 1060s the term "scuba diver" became the accepted name for Aqua-Lung users. The Aqua-Lung would allow divers to stay under water longer than they could on a single breath. Rene Bussoz imported only ten S.C.U.B.A. units, and once they were sold out he believed he had saturated the market. The number of divers increased in the United States and during those years, there were no certification requirements. And any one who could afford can purchase scuba diving equipment. The only training was offered to the sellers was the warning not to hold one's breath. Training was being conducted by the military (Underwater Demolition Teams, the forerunner of the well known SEAL teams in the U.S.Navy) and the oceanographic institutes at Scripps in Southern California and Woods Hole in New England.

In 1950s dive clubs were the only resource for training available. Al Tillman, the number one instructor was the director of sports for Los Angles Country. During this period training programs sponsored by Los Angles Country to certify skin and scuba divers. Moreover, L.A. Country was well known among commercial and recreation divers' equipment designs, including the band mask.

The 1990s was a challenging time for NAUI as Sam Jackson left NAUI head up the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (retaining DEMA) the previous year. In 1995, NAUI hired Jim Bram and change the title of the NAUI Chief Executive to President. NAUI reset to do NAUI business as NAUI Worldwide. This global look let NAUI build a strategy to provide business support to members via licensed service centers and secure which was considered as asset NAUI brand.

The NAUI Training Progression

Scuba diving is not as easy sport, and as such, it has its fair share of risks. NAUI understand that to minimize risk is to maximize education. There are many scuba certifications programs, and education is the truest form of difference that separates NAUI from competition. Those who completed the program become NAUI Instructors and they are free to adapt their teaching technique to reach the individual and regional needs of their students. The NAUI training progression is the following:

• NAUI Scuba Instructor.
• NAUI Leadership Certifications.
• Master Scuba Diver.
• Advanced Scuba Diver/Junior Advanced Scuba Diver.
• Scuba Diver/Junior Scuba Diver

For more information about NAUI Courses, Click here or Email Nasser Bader, NAUI Course Director in Kuwait