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Aqua Tech

Why PADI Underwater Naturalist?

If you're interested in aquatic life then the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is for you. This course is an introduction to the underwater aquatic environment and will help develop safe and responsible aquatic life interaction techniques.

What do I need to start?

• PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• Minimum age: 10 years old

What will I do?

During your PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course, you'll learn underwater naturalist dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also get an overview of the major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths. You'll put this information into practice during your two open water dives.

How long will it take?

• Recommended Course Hours: 12
• Minimum Open Water Training: two open water dives over one day

Where can I go from here?

Your Adventures In Diving Underwater Naturalist Adventure Dive may count towards your Underwater Naturalist Specialty course at instructor discretion. This Specialty course also counts toward one of the five required Specialties for the Master Scuba Diver rating.

(800)345-3252 send questions to scuba@divecenter.com

Be sure and stop in for a tour during your next Southern California or San Diego Scuba diving vacation. This web site offers links to San Diego Attractions, San Diego Scuba Diving Clubs and San Diego Dive site information. Aqua Tech is a dealer for most major equipment manufacturers and can supply all of your SCUBA diving needs. We offer quality products, and discount SCUBA Diving equipment prices whenever possible. For online ordering contact diveus.com.What Aqua Tech Stocks Aqua Tech Dive Center stocks equipment for Sport Diving, Military Divers, Commercial Divers Gear, cave divers, wreck dives, technical diving, all facets of Sport Diving, tactical divers gear, rescue, live saving, surface SAR, Helo SAR, Navy EOD, Triathlon (Triathlete) Equipment, Commercial Diving Equipment for inspection, bridge maintenance, underwater cutting and welding, hull scrubbing, hookah Diving, Life guard equipment, field support equipment for military gear, military uniforms, mountaineering gear, medical equipment, Decompression Chamber equipment and all other areas of diving and ocean support equipment. Aqua Tech Dive Center sells masks, goggles, fins, split fins, free diving fins, snorkels, boots (booties), gloves, weight belts, clips (carabiners, caribeeners, carabineers, carabeeners, spearguns, spear gun accessories, fishing floats, pole spears, lobster diving gauges, liftbags, lift bag parts, bottom boots, surf suits, surfing accessories, regulators, octopus', gauges (depth, pressure and compass), computers, BC's (buoyancy compensators), wetsuits, wet suit accessories, drysuits, dry suit, drysuit, undergarments, dry suits, DUI (Diving Unlimited International) CF200, CF 200, CF200X, CF 200X, CLX450, CLX 450, FLX50/50, FLX 50/50, FLX5050, FLX 5050, FLEX5050, FLEX 5050, FLEX 50/50, FLEX50/50, TLS350, TLS 350, TLS350se, TLS 350se, CNSE, accessories, neck seals, wrist seals, cleaners, solvents, wetsuit glue, tanks, cylinders (high pressure and low pressure), storage cylinders, fittings (pipe, npt, cga and fire bottles), dive scooters (dpv), high pressure compressors (Bauer, RIX, Mako and Ingersol Rand), Low pressure compressors (Brownies and Keene Engineering Hookah Diving Equipment), underwater lights (torches), strobes, cyalume light sticks, chem lights (chemical light sticks), diving cameras, digital dive cameras, underwater video cameras, dive watches, diving timers, stop watches, spare air emergency bail out systems, HEED's bailout systems, HABD bailout systems (Helicopter Aircrew Breathing Devices) Commercial dive helmets by DSI (Diving Systems International KMDSI), AGA's (by Interspiro), hardwire and wireless underwater communications, Diver control panels, Miller harnesses, custom equipment for specialized dive operations, underwater tools (Snap On and Stanley), 3D gauges, Pelican dry cases, Drager (Draeger Rebreathers), Drager (Draeger) gas detection tubes and much much more all at discount prices (when allowed by our vendors). DUI CF200 & CF200x Drysuits (CF 200x) DUI FLX50/50 Drysuits (FLEX 50/50) DUI CLX450 Drysuits (CLX 450) DUI TLS350 Drysuits (TLS 350) DUI TLS 350se Drysuits DUI CNSE Drysuits DUI RS1050 & RS1500 DUI Hotwater Suits (Hot Water) DUI Delta BC DUI Aurora Women's BC DUI Intrepid BC DUI Weight and Trim II 2 DUI Weight and Trim Classic DUI RockBoots (Rock Boots) DUI Thinsulate Undergarments DUI Thermalmax Undergarments DUI Actionwear Undergarments DUI Polartec Undergarments DUI Drysuit Hoods DUI Accessories DUI Dry Glove Systems DUI Apparel DUI Dive Bags DUI Divewear Undergarment Boots Accessories - Bags - BCD - Boots - Cameras - Compressors - Computers - Dry Boxes - Fins - Gauges - Gloves - Kids Gear - Knives - Lights - Masks - Package Deals - Regulators - Snorkels - Spare Air - Spearguns - Tanks - Video Cameras - Watches - Wetsuits AB Biller Abysmal Action Plus Akona Andys Drysuits Aqualung Armor Bags Bauer Compressors Birns Lighting Broco Brownie's Third Lung Camelback Hydration Casio Watches Cetacea Citizen Watches Cochran College Of Oceaneering Cramer Decker Industries Cressi-Sub Dacor Danner Boots Deep Sea Power and Light Deep See Deepoutdoors Dive Alert Dive Link Dive Skins Divetek drager Safety Drager Sport Dukane beacons DUI EWA Marine Faber Cylinders Galiso Garrett Metal Detectors Genesis Scuba Global Mfg. Halcyon Harvey's Haskel IDI Ikelite Innovative Scuba Concepts Interspiro JBL Spearguns Lifesaving Systems Light and Motion Luxfer Cylinders Mares McNett Morse Diving National Divers NRS Northwest River Supplies Ocean Master Ocean Reef Oceanic Omniglow OMS Ocean Management Systems O'neill OTS Otter Box Outland Technology Parkway Pelican Perma-Cal Gauges Pioneer Research Pressed Steel Princeton Tec Quintana Roo Remote Ocean Systems Riffe RIX Compressors Scubapro Sea and Sea Seac Sub Seacure Sea Pearls Seaquest Sherwood Spare Air Suunto Trident US Divers Tusa Undersea Breathing Systems Underwater Kinetics Uwatec Viking Whites Drysuits X-Cel Wetsuits Xterra Wetsuits Zeagle Accessories Apparel Books & Videos Boots - Gloves - Hoods Buoyancy Compensators Closeout Specials Communications Computers Dive Suits Gauges Gear Bags & Cases Gift Ideas Kayaks Knives Lights Masks - Fins - Snorkels Packages Photography Regulators Safety & Rescue Tanks Treasure Hunting Underwater Hunting Underwater Vehicles , Weights & Belts, Accessories, Adapters, Clips, Floats, Gear Maintenance, Hangers, Lanyards, Orings, Slates, Apparel, Hats, Shirts, Shorts, Watches, Books & Videos, Books, Boots - Gloves - Hoods, Boots, Gloves, Hoods, Buoyancy Compensators, Back Inflation, BC Accessories, Jacket Style, CLOSEOUT SPECIALS:, Akona, Genesis, Sherwood, US Divers, Computers, Computer Accessories, Computers, Dive Suits, Dry Suit Accessories, Dry Suit Undergarments, Dry Suits, Wetsuits, Compasses, Gauge Accessories, Gauges, Gear Bags & Cases, Dry Boxes and Cases, Equipment Bags, Mesh Bags, Travel Bags, Gift Ideas, Crystal, Stickers, Kayaks, Knives, Knife Replacements, Knives, Tools, Lights, Large Lights, Light Accessories, Light Replacements, Small Lights, Masks - Fins - Snorkels, Fin Accessories, Fins, Mask Accessories, Masks, Snorkel Accessories, Snorkels, Packages, Equipment Packages, Snorkeling Packages, Wetsuit Packages, Regulators, Octopus, Regulator Accessories, Regulators, Safety & Rescue, Flags, Floats, Liftbags, Whistles, Tanks, Aluminum and Steel Tanks, Tank Accessories, Underwater Hunting, Fishing, Lobster, Spearguns & Polespears, Underwater Vehicles, Scooters, Weights & Belts, Comfort Weights & Belts, Solid Weights & Belts dry suit, drysuit, environment protection suit, BC, BCS, buoyancy compensatory, weight and trim, W&T, weight belt, dive, scuba, diving, scuba dive, scuba diving, divewear, spear fishing, underwater photography, oceanography, underwater, watersports, shark diving, shark, Rock Boot, RockBoot, Rockboot, water proof, wreck diving, cave diving, dive instructor, divemaster, commercial diving, deep sea diving, ocean, technical diving, tech diving, weight system, weight, neoprene, crushed, crushed foam, crushed neoprene, compressed, compressed foam, compressed neoprene, latex seals, trilaminate, CF200, TLS350, TLS, FLX, FLX50/50, 5050, CLX450, CLX, vulcanized, innovative, innovation, technology, hot water, telescoping torso, dry bag, rucksack, waterproof bag, amphibious, shoot through, hood, gloves, military, ZipSeal™ Parts ZipSeals, Wrist, Latex ZipSeals, Neck, Latex ZipGloves, Heavy-Duty (Blue) Includes Liners ZipGloves, Maximum Dexterity (Orange) Includes Liners Parts Aqua Tech's Services Aqua Tech offers diving Rentals, repairs (SCUBA regulator repair, Commercial dive helmet repair, Tank hydrostatic testing scuba and scba, commercial diving helmet repairs superlite 17b, 27,17K Miller 400 helmets, desco pot, savoie, and most others, buoyancy compensator repair (bc)and compressor repair and maintenance), sales and PADI 5 Star Training and San Diego scuba diver certification. Aqua Tech offers PADI Southern California Scuba Diving Classes and personalized tours La Jolla snorkeling tours and San Diego SCUBA dive trips, including Coronado Island SCUBA diving boat trips and San Diego SCUBA diving kelp bed boat trips and SCUBA diving in beautiful La Jolla from La Jolla Shores, Casa Cove, Children's Pool and La Jolla Cove to Point Loma's kelp beds and San Diego Wreck Dives off of Mission Beach and Pacific Beach. AB Biller Abysmal Diving Action Plus Akona American Underwater Lighting Amphibico Andys Undies Apollo Aqua Explorers Aqualung / U.S. Divers Armor Bauer Compressors Best Publishing Brownie's Third Lung Carter Lift Bag Cetaea Cochran College of Oceaneering Cramer Decker Industries Cressi Sub Dacor deepoutdoors DeepSea Power & Light Dive Alert DiveLink DiveSkins DiveTek Doc's Proplug Dräger DUI Ewa Marine Faber Farallon Force Fin Galiso Garrett Metal Detectors Genesis Global Mfg. Halcyon Harvey's Haskel Ikelite IDI Interspiro Ironman Wetsiuts JBL JW Fishers Keene Enineering Light & Motion Luxfer Mares McNett Morse Diving National Divers Nite Rider Ocean Master Ocean Reef Ocean Technology Systems Oceanic Omniglow OMS O'Neill Otter Box Parkway Pelican Products Pioneer Research Poseidon Pressed Steel Princeton Tec Quintana Roo Remote Ocean Systems Riffe RIX Scubapro Sea & Sea Sea Pearls Sea Quest Seac Sub SeaCure SeaView Sherwood Submersible Systems Suunto Tabata / Tusa Trident truWest Undersea Breathing Systems Underwater Kinetics Uwatec Viking Whites Xcel Xterra Wetsuits Zeagle Accessories Apparel Books & Videos Boots - Gloves - Hoods Buoyancy Compensators Closeout Specials Communications Computers Dive Suits Gauges Gear Bags & Cases Gift Ideas Kayaks Knives Lights Masks - Fins - Snorkels Packages Photography Regulators Safety & Rescue Tanks Treasure Hunting Underwater Hunting Underwater Vehicles Weights & Belts Commercial Accessories Adapters Clips Floats Gear Maintenance Hangers Lanyards Orings Slates Apparel Hats Shirts Shorts Watches Books & Videos Books Boots - Gloves - Hoods Boots Gloves Hoods Buoyancy Compensators Back Inflation BC Accessories Jacket Style CLOSEOUT SPECIALS: Akona Genesis Parkway Sherwood Commercial Backpacks and Harnesses Helmets Communications Communications Computers Computer Accessories Computers Dive Suits Dry Suit Accessories Dry Suit Undergarments Dry Suits Wetsuits Gauges Compasses Gauge Accessories Gauges Gear Bags & Cases Dry Boxes and Cases Equipment Bags Mesh Bags Travel Bags Gift Ideas Clocks and Barometers Sculptures Stickers Kayaks Kayaks Knives Knife Replacements Knives Tools Lights Large Lights Light Accessories Light Replacements Small Lights Masks - Fins - Snorkels Fin Accessories Fins Mask Accessories Masks Snorkel Accessories Snorkels Packages Equipment Packages Snorkeling Packages Wetsuit Packages Regulators Octopus Regulator Accessories Regulators Safety & Rescue Flags Floats Liftbags Whistles Tanks Aluminum and Steel Tanks Tank Accessories Underwater Hunting Fishing Lobster Spearguns & Polespears Underwater Vehicles Scooters Weights & Belts Comfort Weights & Belts Solid Weights & Belts Aqua Tech Diving Equipment Manufacturer Aqua Tech is an OEM Manufacturer for many Commercial Diving Products including the Aquathermic Cutting Torches, Aquathermic 3/8" Cutting Rods, Commercial Diving Harnesses (Bell Backpacks, Bell Harnesses, Standard Backpacks and Standard Harnesses), low pressure Commercial Diving Compressors (325, 216 and 5120's), volume tanks with or without frames, commercial diving air filtration systems with stainless steel housings, decompression chambers (recompression chambers) diver control panels with pneumo gauges (1 and 2 diver), commercial diving weight belts (heavy belts and light belts) with or without shoulder straps, long hose barbs and other custom fittings and many more products to come.Aqua Tech Dive Center's site, divecenter.com, has been built to provide information on Scuba Diving equipment and San Diego Scuba Diving Services that Aqua Tech can supply. Divecenter.com does not provide online ordering as many Scuba Diving Manufacturers do not allow online sales by there authorized Scuba dealers. For online ordering you can visit our site DiveUSA.com which has been designed to provide certified, authorized and warranted sales of Scuba Diving Products online from the San Diego area. Divecenter.com is also designed to provide information on Scuba diving in Southern California (Scuba Diving San Diego, La Jolla Shores Scuba Diving, La Jolla Cove Scuba Diving, Pacific Beach Scuba Diving, Mission Beach Scuba Diving, Point Loma Scuba Diving, Catalina Island Scuba Diving, San Clemente Scuba Diving, Coronado Islands Scuba Diving, Cortez Banks Scuba Diving, Imperial Beach Scuba Diving and much more).Aqua Tech's Historical Diving Museum Aqua Tech is home to San Diego's only Historical Diving Museum. Aqua Tech has more than 50 Commercial Diving helmets (hardhats) on display and hundreds of Sport Diving , Commercial Divers Gear, Military Diving Antiques as well as many nautical and maritime antiques housed in our new 11,000 square foot facility in the heart of San Diego 6 blocks from the new Padres baseball stadium, and 1 block from the Coronado Bay Bridge at 1800 Logan Ave. From Mark 5 (Mark V) Dive helmets, Desco Pots, Miller Dunns, Advanced Marine Helmets, Jap Hats, Rathats, Divex's Arawak , Comstock Masks, Smoke hats, Seibe Gorman helmets (Siebe Gorman), MK 12 Military Dive Helmets, MK 21 Diving Hats, Full Jakes w/heavy and light belts and MK 5 Dive Knifes (Knives), Bottom Boots, Classic Military Rebreathers, Seibe Gorman Hand Pumps (Wheel Pumps), Dean Divers Helmets, Double hose regulators, classic calypso regulators, nemrod doudle hose regs and much much more.