UNDERWATER NAVIGATION The Underwater Navigator Diver Specialty course provides divers with the skills to plan and organize navigating a dive, also the techniques and problems of underwater navigation along with the enjoyment and satisfaction when you get it right.

COURSE PRICE

• $240.00 per person
• $340.00 per person - Private

REQUIRED AGE / CERTIFICATION LEVEL

• Minimum age:  10 years old and PADI Open Water Diver certification, or have a qualifying certification from another organization.
• There are knowledge reviews in the PADI Underwater Navigator manual which must be completed and reviewed by the instructor during a classroom session when you will also watch the PADI Underwater Navigator video.

COURSE OVERVIEW

• The Underwater Navigation course can be just for fun, it’s a great way to improve your diving ability.
• It may be credited towards a program of specialty courses to achieve the Master Scuba Diver rating.
• There are 3 dives  in the Underwater Navigator Course:

1.    Open Water Training Dive One – By the end of this dive students will be able to:

• Natural and Compass Navigation
• Determine the average number of kick cycles and/or the average amount of time required to cover a distance of approximately 30 meters/100 feet while swimming underwater at a normal, relaxed pace while maintain neutral buoyancy during the dive.  Navigate to a predetermined location and return to within 15 meters/50 feet of the starting point using natural references and estimated distance measurement (kick cycles or time). Demonstrate the correct positioning and handling of a compass needed to maintain an accurate heading while swimming underwater. Navigate to a predetermined location and return to within 6 meters/20 feet of the starting point using a compass and estimated distance measurement (kick cycles or time).
• Swim a square pattern underwater returning to within 8 meters/25 feet of the starting point using a compass and beginning from a fixed location.

2.    Open Water Training Dive Two – By the end of this dive students will be able to:

• Navigate a Predetermined Course With A Compass
• Demonstrate the correct compass positioning and handling needed to maintain an accurate heading while swimming underwater. Navigate a predetermined course (provided by the instructor prior to the dive) with more than five compass turns, returning to the starting point within 15 meters/50 feet of the exit, without surfacing. Fix a specific underwater location to be relocated on a future dive, using two permanent sets of landmarks with an angle of at least 60° between them, or using a compass bearing.

3.    Open-Water Training Dive Three – By the end of this dive students will be able to:

• Navigate a Compass Course with Headings on Underwater Markers while demonstrating correct compass positioning and handling needed to maintain an accurate heading while swimming under water and drawing a map of the underwater area covered by the course conducted during the dive.

STUDENTS TO PROVIDE

• Snorkel, mask, fins, a dive knife, a compass and a Nav-Finder
• BCD with low-pressure inflator, regulator, a secondary air source, a submersible pressure gauge, scuba cylinder can be rented from Lauderdale Diver.

To Book this class, call Lauderdale Diver toll-free 1-800-654 2073 or 954-467-2822
For more information, contact us.
When you become a student at Lauderdale Diver you will receive a 10 % discount on anything in the store for life.