PADI Underwater Navigation Speciality
Be the diver everyone wants to follow...
...and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.
The Fun Part
Finding your way is not a matter of luck! When everyone’s buzzing about a reef or checking out a shipwreck, they’re having a great time - until it’s time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat.
What do I need to start?
PADI Navigation Manual
What will I do?
Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge. You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass.
You'll learn:
- Navigation patterns
- Natural navigation (without a compass)
- Compass navigation
- How to “mark” or relocate a submerged object or position from the surface
- Underwater map making
- How to follow irregular courses with the Nav-Finder
- Dive site relocation
- How to estimate distance underwater
How long will it take?
The course is conducted over 2 days with three dives required for completion.
What will I need?
You must be:
- A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
- At least 10 years old
Where can I go from here?
Underwater navigation is an important skill no matter what type of scuba diving you’re doing. It’s especially useful when night diving, wreck diving or when you’re searching to recover a lost item underwater.
What will it Cost?
From only £60 including all materials and loan of kit! *
We always offer easy payment installments on each and every course. Pay for each dive at a time...
*Divesite enterance fees and air not included.
