Do the PADI Underwater Navigation Specialty to:

• Become an expert in navigating underwater and improve your navigation on land
• Feel more comfortable underwater because you know where you are
• Know how to make and use underwater maps

In three dives and two theory sessions you will learn about:

Underwater navigation techniques

• Pre-dive observations to aid navigation
• Methods for estimating distance underwater
• Using natural references above and underwater
• Learning the basics of making an underwater map

Dive patterns

• Navigation patterns commonly used by divers
• Tracking a multi-heading course
• Using a course plotter
• Determining pattern headings with a heading calculator

Compass navigation

• Features of underwater compasses
• Correct positioning for diving with a compass
• Setting compasses and methods for avoiding compass errors
• Methods for using compass bearings to fix and relocate underwater sites

Minimum age

• 10 years old

Diving Certificate and Experience

• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Good buoyancy control 

Underwater Navigation Equipment

Required:

• Standard set of diving equipment
• Dive computer
• Compass