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Training - Underwater Navigator Speciality
A fundamental aspect of safe
diving is the ability to successfully maintain awareness of your position
relative to your dive entry and exit point. If you think back to your first open
water dives, you were almost certainly totally reliant upon your instructor for
such essential skills. As you develop as an independent diver it is crucial that
you replicate those navigation skills in order to safely enjoy your diving.
What is involved: This speciality will teach you the techniques and
methods used to ensure that, particularly in limited visibility environments,
you always know where you are relative to your entry point. It will familiarise
you with the skills, knowledge, planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems, hazards and enjoyment of underwater navigation. Gives you the skill
and confidence to be able to navigate underwater in any visibility. Included
during the course are methods of estimating distance underwater, natural
navigation techniques and using underwater patterns coupled with compass
navigation techniques.
On completion of the course you will be awarded the PADI Underwater Navigator Speciality award. This can be accredited as one of the five speciality ratings a diver has to attain to achieve the highest non-instructional qualification on the PADI curriculum - Master Scuba Diver.
Course Prerequisite: Open Water Diver (or Junior. Open Water) or equivalent.
PADI Underwater Navigator Diver Video Link
Please note this is a large file and is only recommended for those with fast access (Broadband etc.)
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