Underwater Navigator

The PADI Underwater Navigator Course

Can you find your way back to the boat or shore? Can you find your way to a location you visited before? You will be able once you have taken this course

What You Will Learn

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.

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

Equipment

All equipment is supplied with the course.

Prerequisites

A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
At least 10 years old


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