The National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) association of SCUBA instructors. It was officially CE and ISO certified in May 2007 in all three diver levels and both instructor levels.
NAUI was founded by Albert Tillman and Neal Hess in 1959. In August 1960, NAUI's first Instructor Certification Course was held at the Houston’s Shamrock Hilton Hotel with 72 candidates. The following year, in October 1961, NAU...
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The National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) association of SCUBA instructors. It was officially CE and ISO certified in May 2007 in all three diver levels and both instructor levels.
NAUI was founded by Albert Tillman and Neal Hess in 1959. In August 1960, NAUI's first Instructor Certification Course was held at the Houston’s Shamrock Hilton Hotel with 72 candidates. The following year, in October 1961, NAUI was incorporated in the State of California as a non-profit educational organization. Al Tillman was the first President and Neal Hess, the Executive Secretary. Other original board members included John C. Jones of the Red Cross and Garry Howland of the United States Air Force. NAUI Worldwide is an international non-profit training agency.
Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the inventor of the aqualung, was on the board of advisors of NAUI, as was Albert R. Behnke, a pioneer of diving medicine. Actor Lloyd Bridges was the first honorary NAUI...
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