Specialty - PADI Underwater Navigator

Knowing where you are underwater – and where you're going comes in real handy, especially if you're looking for an object or locating that beautiful reef that you heard about. If you're a PADI Open Water Diver (PADI Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent) and at least 10, then this program is for you.

During your PADI Underwater Navigator program you'll go on three open water dives familiarising yourself with the skills, knowledge, planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of underwater navigation. You learn:

• procedures and techniques for planning and organising underwater navigation and problems and hazards associated with it
• methods of estimating distances underwater
• natural navigation techniques
• how to use underwater patterns
• dive site relocation techniques
• compass navigation techniques

The elective Navigation dive conducted during your Adventures In Diving program may count toward this specialty at the discretion of the instructor. To sign up for this speciality, stop by your local Dive-In and ask them for details. You can also find out more about this topic from information in the PADI Underwater Navigator Crew-Pak.