Underwater Navigator
Have you ever asked yourself, "How does my instructor manage to find the way back to the exit point or to the boat?"
If so, the NAVIGATION Program is what you need to learn this skill for yourself.
The NAVIGATION Program will teach you to navigate with a compass and how to apply natural navigation skills. You will also learn to estimate distances, navigate different search patterns, find your way to different marking points, and be able to get back to the exit point at any time.
If you want to know more about NAVIGATION, you can buy the manual or the DVD even without signing up for the course. ......
NAVIGATION SPECIALTY COURSE Content:
- Natural Navigation
- Compass Navigation
- Combining Natural and Compass Navigation
- Special Navigation Situations
- The Sport of Navigation
The primary goal of any SSI Specialty course is to teach you important skills in a fun environment. All courses are taught using home study, short academic sessions, and in-water training.
Combine other specialties while taking the NAVIGATION course! NIGHT/LIMITED VISIBILITY or SEARCH AND RECOVERY are great add ons - both courses put your navigation skills to the test. The possibilities are limitless!
Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course. When everyone’s buzzing about a reef or checking out a wreck, 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.
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 learn to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where you are while following an arbitrary, irregular course using the Nav-Finder.
- Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
- Number of Dives: Three
- Navigation patterns, natural and compass navigation
- Following irregular courses with the Nav-Finder
- Dive site relocation
- Materials: You’ll Need Nav-Pak, which includes the PADI Underwater Navigator Manual, Underwater Navigation video and the Nav-Finder
- Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.