Underwater Navigator
* Speciality
Fine-tune your underwater observation skills and learn to use your compass more accurately.
Description
Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you’re going. The PADI Underwater Navigator course fine-tune your observation skills and teaches you to more accurately use your compass underwater. If you like challenges with big rewards, take this course and have fun finding your way.
If you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 10 years old, you can enroll in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.
Academic
You’ll learn the tools of the trade, including navigation using natural clues and by following compass headings. During three scuba dives, you’ll practice:
Methods to estimate distance underwater.
Compass navigation while making at least five turns.
Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface.
Underwater map making.
You may be able to get college credit for the Underwater Navigator course – ask your instructor.
Also, the first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask your instructor about earning credit.
Duration and Price
Underwater Navigation Course is 2 dives on 1 day - Course costs €180
eLearning €105
Equipment
Besides your basic scuba equipment, you’ll need a compass and underwater slate. Your PADI Instructor may use other gear to help you stay oriented, such as marker buoys or lines and reels.
Times
The day starts at 8 AM at the Dive Shop and normally you will be back to the dive school about 2:30 - 3 PM.