The PADI Underwater Navigator Course with Academy of Scuba
Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Course.
This scuba diving course improves your observation skills and teaches you how to use a compass more effectively underwater. If you enjoy challenges with great rewards, take this PADI Underwater Navigator Course and have fun finding your way.
Cost
Important Notes
About the course
Equipment Required
Cost
Course Price And Duration
Evening + 1 Day | $300
Important Notes
Important Notes
You must:
- Be 12 years old and Open Water certified (or Junior OW)
- Diving Medical- subject to medical questionnaire. Liability release, safe diving practices statement of understanding need to be filled out.
- Medical pre-requisites: A full dive medical must be obtained prior to starting this training (For a list of diving doctors please go to www.spums.org.au)
About the course
About The Course
Course Content
- Home study
- Evening of theory
- 3 Shore dives
- Lots of excellent skills to ensure you never get lost on a site again
You will 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
Equipment Required
Equipment Required
Own snorkelling items and an underwater compass. The rest of the equipment can be hired