Growing The Best Divers On Earth

Dive training requires study and education in math, physics, biology, chemistry, a practical understanding of environmental and earth sciences, some engineering, psychology, leadership and leadership development, and much, much more as it relates to the activity of SCUBA diving. Training to be a SCUBA diver promotes athleticism, personal confidence and self-awareness, team-building, critical thinking and complex problem-solving, and contributes to development and growth as a well-rounded individual.

As such, we can safely say that the quality of your education is paramount to your success, and the distinguishing difference of a skilled, safe diver.

Why NAUI ?

There are numerous certification agencies available to get certified from: NAUI, PADI, SSI, BSAC, CMAS, PDIC, SDI, and the alphabet soup goes on and on.

Yet after years of teaching, we have found that NAUI's standards, and policy of academic freedom, are the best fit for divers that truly want to master the skills necessary to be safe, competent, confident, capable divers. This assures that upon certification you are comfortable in the water, can enjoy diving, and will develop a strong desire to continue learning more.

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Open Water SCUBA Diver

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

Open Water SCUBA Diver

Upon completion of this entry-level diving course, students will learn everything they need to know to be a truly competent, confident, capable, and safe SCUBA Diver. This course will cover the science and application of diving, and include hands-on skills development covering everything from neutral buoyancy from the beginning, basic survival and self-rescue and buddy rescue skills, from dive planning to navigation underwater, emergency procedures and communication, and much more. Course graduates will receive a lifetime internationally recognized SCUBA diving certification from the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), and will be prepared to conduct open-water dives in waters and conditions proximate to those encountered during training.

This is an ISO 24801-2 certified course.

Cost: ¥76,000 JPY

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SCUBA Diver Refresher

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

Open Water SCUBA Diver

This is a custom refresher course designed to aid individual certified divers in need of refresher training and mentorship. Were you certified years ago and haven't been diving since, but now desire to get back in the water? Or are you looking for careful mentorship and guidance simply to improve your current diving skills? PDC will bring you back up to speed with a personalized refresher course tailored to meet your needs.

Note: All divers who have not conducted a dive within 12 calendar months should take a refresher course to maintain currency.

Cost: ¥20,000 (2 or more)

Cost: ¥24,000 JPY (Private Course)

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Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

This is a continuing education course for certified divers. It is designed to introduce divers to a variety of diving activities, focuses strongly on improving a diver's skills in their weaker areas to fine-tune their abilities and make them better divers, and includes advanced education on physics, biology, equipment, and much more. When conducted locally, our AOWSD course will include: Advanced Navigation, Night / Low Visibility, Deep (40m max.), Surf and Currents, and Boat and Wreck Dives (non-penetration), as a part of the course requirements.

Cost: ¥76,000 JPY

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Rescue SCUBA Diver

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

The Rescue Diver Course trains divers in the knowledge and skills needed to effectively recognize and prevent foreseeable emergencies, to manage basic emergency events when they do occur, to effectively provide search and rescue/recovery capabilities within limitations, to provide aid to victims of in-water emergencies, to perform diving first aid treatment, and teaches them accident scene management.

*Must have BLS and O2 Provider certifications prior to start of either course.

Cost: ¥65,000 JPY

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Master SCUBA Diver

Rescue SCUBA Diver

Master SCUBA Diver

This is a continuing education course required for entry into leadership and Technical programs, and it is also the most informative and challenging course there is for recreational diving. The MSD course will challenge you to really go "behind the scenes" in diving education and KSA's, and will build upon your existing knowledge, skills, and abilities, to help you truly master them. This is not a quick course, and an MSD student should expect it to take some time to complete.

Cost: ¥100,000 JPY

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Specialty Courses

Rescue SCUBA Diver

Master SCUBA Diver

- Nitrox EANx40 Diver (ISO 11107): ¥35,000

- Drysuit Diver: ¥45,000

- Altitude Diver: ¥45,000

- Sidemount Diver: ¥65,000

- Full Face Mask Diver: ¥45,000

- Search & Recovery Diver: ¥45,000

- UW Naturalist Diver: ¥65,000

- UW Archaeology Diver: ¥65,000

- Training Assistant: ¥65,000

- Spatial Disorientation-Trained Diver: ¥45,000

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Skills Development Workshops

Pinnacle Diving Company offers comprehensive workshops designed to improve and develop your skills and confidence as a diver.

Both single day and multi-day workshops are available for backmount and sidemount, covering everything from mastering buoyancy, effective dive planning and team diving, navigation, deep diving, equipment use, emergency procedures, mastering drysuit use, and much more.

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Leadership Courses

Skills Development Workshops

Assistant Instructor (ISO 24802-1), Divemaster (ISO 24801-3), Divemaster Crossover, and Instructor (ISO 24802-2)

Graduates of these training programs will be ready to join any dive shop and contribute as a member of the team, or work independently as a dive professional. These are serious, comprehensive programs for someone looking to work professionally in the diving industry.

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Technical Diving

Skills Development Workshops

Technical Diving

COMING SOON!!!

Looking to get more out of diving? Ready to dive for a purpose? Seeking to go further, deeper, longer, and accomplish a mission while doing it all?

Technical Diving is a completely different world, and requires a different mindset.

If you're ready to learn, PDC will soon be able to help guide you into the world of Tec.

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US Military and Dependents

Pinnacle Diving Company is the service provider for all US military installations, SOFA members, and US veterans in the Kanto region of Japan, and while we provide English-speaking diving services and training equally to all, both military and civilian alike, we specialize in providing dive services and training opportunities to military members, SOFA members, veterans, and their dependents.

Pinnacle Diving Company is an official NAUI Approved VA Testing Center.

Did you know, US Military Service Members, US veterans, and dependents who are 18 years old and older that have received VA benefits, can use their benefits with NAUI?

From first learning to dive, all the way to becoming an instructor, Pinnacle Diving Company is an authorized, NAUI Approved VA Testing Center, and can help you reach your diving goals.

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DIVERS ALERT NETWORK First Aid Courses

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

The Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid course is designed to teach the knowledge and skills needed to provide basic life support (BLS) -- which includes: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR - including both one and two person CPR), AED use, and First Aid -- to adult patients with life-threatening injuries, while also activating emergency medical services (EMS). The first- aid section teaches participants how to recognize medical emergencies and traumatic injuries, and to provide care while waiting for EMS to arrive.

This course is NOT only for "divers", and is intended for ANYONE who might need to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and/or may need CPR/BLS certification for professional requirements.

This course meets or exceeds AHA,

ILCOR, and OSHA, guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Retraining required: Every 24 months

$200 USD + Materials

Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries (EO2)

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

The Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries (O2 Provider) course teaches participants to recognize common presentations of diving injuries and how to provide emergency oxygen first aid for these situations. This course is specifically designed to educate participants to recognize diving-related injuries and to properly use emergency oxygen for that purpose.

This course is NOT only for "divers", and is intended for ANYONE who might need to perform Emergency O2 provision (EO2), and/or may need an O2 Provider certification for professional requirements.

This course meets or exceeds AHA,

ILCOR, and OSHA, guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Retraining required: Every 24 months

$200 USD + Materials

Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA-Pro)

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA-Pro)

The Diving First Aid for Professional Divers provider (DFA-Pro) course is designed to teach the knowledge and skills needed to provide the full range of emergency first response care that may be required for divers in an occupational dive setting. The sequencing of topics follows a “most likely” scenario to more urgent care, with secondary care covered in the latter part of the course. The DFA-Pro can also be offered in sections or as a continuous course, and includes: Basic Life Support (BLS), Emergency Oxygen Provider (EO2), Hazardous Marine Life Injuries (HMLI), and Neurological Assessment Provider (Neuro) courses all in one.

This course is intended for Professional Divers who need the DFA-Pro certification for professional requirements. However, this course may be offered any time after a student completes both BLS and O2, as well as along side of the NAUI Rescue Diver certification course.

This course meets or exceeds AHA,

ILCOR, and OSHA, guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Retraining required: Every 24 months

$400 USD + Materials

Exceeding the standard is "The Standard"

We Grow the BEST Divers on Earth.

It's a bold thing to say, and we know that. But we also know for a fact that a certification doesn't make you a good diver. After all, while most can learn to dive, all the courses in the world under your belt, or dives logged in your book, doesn't mean you know how to do it well. A certification is merely "proof of education" and nothing more, and a cheap plastic card won't do you any good underwater when it matters most.

One look around at the majority of divers out there, and the type of training they receive is proof of that. Poor instruction creates marginal divers who then go on to ruin dive sites, destroy reefs, and put themselves and others in potential danger. And that's not the diver's fault, it's the fault of those who provided their education and training (or lack thereof). Worse, sub-standard dive training has become the norm around the world as standards have been lowered for decades purposely to entice more people to learn to dive simply to make more money. When "profit" is your goal, something MUST be sacrificed to make it, and those things are usually time, quality, instruction, practice, and more, all of which directly translate to impacting safety. This is not only counter to dive safety, it has done a massive disservice to the diver communities as a whole, the environment, and the public perception of diving along with it.

Pinnacle Diving Company seeks to change this. We genuinely seek to improve the diving community by offering quality education and training, along with continuous skills improvement and progression through mentorship, thereby growing divers with high skill levels from day one who are safer and more capable because of it.

The quality of the education you receive is paramount to your ability to dive safe and dive well. Courses are the very foundation from which everything else is built upon, yet by themselves, they are not enough. Even a great foundation doesn't make a real diver, and courses don't equal mastery of knowledge, skills, or abilities either. No... A certification represents permission to learn more, and what makes REAL "divers", is a combination of that foundation with what comes AFTER being granted that permission... Purposeful time in the water along with guided practice and good mentorship.

Amazing divers must be "grown" by leaders capable of solid mentorship, and this is exactly where Pinnacle Diving Company comes in.

We genuinely seek to change and improve the world's diving communities by offering the best dive education and training possible, to grow the most competent, confident, capable, and safe divers on the planet, with high level KSA's from day one.

Because for us, exceeding the standard IS "The Standard".

What is the "Progression Pathway"?

We get this question all the time; Many divers ask us, "What is the first course?", or "what is the next course?", or "what is the recommended series of courses I must take to reach my desired level?" Below is a short list of courses in order for those interested in learning what the Progression Pathway looks like.

RECREATIONAL COURSES

Recreational Courses are the first courses, and make up the Core Development of a divers' education and training. Just because someone enrolls in a course does not guarantee they will pass and obtain a certification. It is expected that all students will take their courses seriously, dedicating ample time for study of academics, and make serious effort to train during their course. After certification, it is further expected that all divers will dedicate themselves to practicing and internalizing all knowledge and skills they learned during their course so they may gain experience and master their new abilities, before attempting to enroll in the next course. These courses must be completed in order. With the exception of Open Water SCUBA Diver, all courses have prerequisites. After Open Water, a diver may begin some Specialty Courses, and after enough practice, a diver might be ready for the Advanced course. Finally, after a diver obtains their Master SCUBA Diver certification, they may move on to Leadership or Technical training.

SPECIALTY COURSES

With the exception of Nitrox prior to enrolling in a Rescue Diver course, Specialty Courses are not requirements for progression. Instead, they exist to enhance a divers' capabilities in specialized areas not covered by Core Developmental courses.

MEDICAL COURSES

These courses train and certify divers in emergency first response procedures, including assessing illnesses and injuries, providing emergency treatment and care, and managing activation of Emergency Action Plans. BLS and O2 Provider are requirements before entering a Rescue Diver or any Technical course, and DFA-Pro is a prerequisite before being accepted as a Leadership candidate.

Basic Life Support (includes: CPR, AED, and First Aid)
Emergency Oxygen Provider
Diving First Aid for Professionals (includes: BLS, O2, HMLI, Neurological Examination training)

LEADERSHIP COURSES

Leadership courses require a very different mentality than Recreational diving does, and they often take a long time to conduct as extensive practice, guidance, and mentorship is the process by which highly skilled, highly trained, qualified professionals are made. Leadership training can not begin until after all Core Recreational courses have been completed, and even then, candidates must be assessed for authorization to enroll before being accepted into a course. Additionally, even after a course begins, candidates are constantly evaluated, and not guaranteed certification.

Assistant Instructor (Not mandatory)

Divemaster
Instructor
Instructor Trainer
Course Director

TECHNICAL COURSES

Like Leadership courses, Technical courses require a very different mentality than that of Recreational diving. Candidates must be assessed for authorization to enroll before being accepted into a course, intensive study and practice are mandatory once enrolled, standards are far higher, and so are the expectations--Just like Leadership courses. Also just like Leadership courses, candidates can not begin Technical training until after all Core Recreational courses have been completed, and even then, candidates are constantly evaluated, and not guaranteed certification.

NOTE: If not already sidemount certified and wanting to switch from backmounted doubles to sidemount for your technical training and equipment configuration, you will need to first complete the Sidemount Diver course.

*NOTE: From here, it is strongly recommended to leave the Open Circuit pathway and immediately cross over straight to Closed Circuit. Open Circuit Trimix use is both extremely expensive and extremely wasteful. Further, despite their increased complexity, Rebreathers offer increased safety, increased options to address emergencies, and reduce gas costs and needs.

CCR Diver, Air Diluant (MOD 1) (40M)
CCR Diver, Normoxic Trimix (MOD 2) (60M)
CCR Diver, Hypoxic Trimix (MOD 3) (100M)
CCR Diver, Expedition Trimix (120M)

Technical Specialties include Overhead Environments such as Cave and Wreck courses, specialty equipment such as Diver Propulsion Vehicles for technical use, and even emergency medical provider courses such as In-Water Recompression Provider and Supervisor courses.

NAUI Education and Training

Pinnacle Diving Company certifies SCUBA divers through the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), and offers dive training and education in English, tailored to meet each student's needs, to get you where you want to be, and that will challenge you to become the best diver possible, regardless of your current skill level, or previous experience.

Courses offered span the full spectrum of dive training, from Basic to Divemaster, and everything in between, including a full range of specialties.

While PDC is currently based in Kanagawa, Japan, and teaches English-speaking locals and visitors who are in the country or coming for a visit, our staff does travel, and we have experience teaching, training, instructing, and evaluating for clients internationally by request.

Growing The Best Divers On Earth

Why NAUI ?

Open Water SCUBA Diver

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

Open Water SCUBA Diver

SCUBA Diver Refresher

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

Open Water SCUBA Diver

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

Rescue SCUBA Diver

Rescue SCUBA Diver

Advanced OW SCUBA Diver

Master SCUBA Diver

Rescue SCUBA Diver

Master SCUBA Diver

Specialty Courses

Rescue SCUBA Diver

Master SCUBA Diver

Skills Development Workshops

Skills Development Workshops

Skills Development Workshops

Leadership Courses

Skills Development Workshops

Skills Development Workshops

Technical Diving

Skills Development Workshops

Technical Diving

US Military and Dependents

DIVERS ALERT NETWORK First Aid Courses

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries (EO2)

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA-Pro)

Basic Life Support: CPR, AED, and First Aid Course (BLS)

Diving First Aid for Professional Divers (DFA-Pro)

Exceeding the standard is "The Standard"

What is the "Progression Pathway"?

RECREATIONAL COURSES

SPECIALTY COURSES

MEDICAL COURSES

LEADERSHIP COURSES

TECHNICAL COURSES

NAUI Education and Training

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