PADI Underwater Navigator Instructor – Teach Precision, Confidence, and Direction at Diving Academy

At Diving Academy, we believe that great divers don’t just explore—they lead. As a PADI Underwater Navigator Instructor, you’ll teach divers how to move through the underwater world with confidence, accuracy, and skill. It’s not just about knowing where you are—it’s about always knowing how to get back.

Underwater navigation is one of the most valuable and respected specialties in diving. By helping divers sharpen their navigation skills, you’re not only making their dives safer, but also far more enjoyable. With clear direction and better planning, divers get more from every adventure—and you’ll be the one guiding their growth.

Why Teach Underwater Navigation?

Divers often cite navigation as one of the most challenging aspects of scuba diving. This is exactly why it’s such a sought-after specialty. As a PADI Underwater Navigator Instructor, you’ll give students the skills to read natural cues, use a compass effectively, and map their dives like pros.

Additionally, this specialty complements nearly every PADI course—from Advanced Open Water to Rescue Diver. When bundled, it adds value and increases course uptake, allowing you to expand your offerings and boost your business.

Deliver Smart, Structured, Skill-Based Training

You’ll follow PADI’s General Standards and Procedures while building your own approach to engaging and practical teaching. You’ll help students improve their kick cycles, time their distances, and practice various navigation patterns—including squares, triangles, and reciprocal headings.

Furthermore, you’ll show them how to combine natural navigation techniques with compass work for seamless, confident diving.

Build Instructor Confidence with Hands-On Workshops

At Diving Academy, we ensure your instructor training includes real-world, skill-focused sessions such as:

Course outline and performance review
Knowledge development and student briefing planning
Marketing, pricing, and promotional techniques
Dive site setup and practical workshop leadership
Open water session evaluation and feedback

By the end of this program, you’ll teach with purpose and give divers the skills to navigate with ease and confidence.

Ready to lead divers in the right direction? Become a PADI Underwater Navigator Instructor at Diving Academy.

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Prerequisites

Medical Requirements

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Your Medical Statement must be signed by a physician within the last 12 months or full HSE Medical. Under the Diving at Work Regulations 1997, all divers at work must have a valid certificate of HSE fitness to dive issued by an Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (AMED), please Contact Us for more information.

All Specialties

PADI Instructor (Scuba, Tec, Mermaid & Freediving), or you are currently participating in or have completed an IDC/OWSI Program within the past 12 months. IDC/OWSI candidates may apply for Specialty Instructor certification only after successfully completing an IE.

Specialties Without Dives

PADI Assistant Instructor
PADI Divemaster for these courses: Emergency Oxygen Provider, Equipment
Specialist, Coral Reef Conservation, Project AWARE Specialist and PADI
Distinctive Specialty Diver (approved).

Exception: Both Divemasters and Assistant Instructors may attend Digital Underwater Photographer specialty instructor training courses.

Meet Our Course Directors

Course Locations

Dive Centre

Diving Academy – Dive Centre, Sunfield Business Park, New Mill Road, Wokingham, RG40 4QT

Pool Training Sites

Wokingham – The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE

Yateley – Yateley School, School Lane, GU46 6NW

Hagbourne – Hagbourne School Pool, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LR

Swindon – Halo Highworth Recreation Centre, The Elms, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7DD

Open Water Training Sites:

London – Wraysbury Diving Lake, Station Road, Wraysbury, Berkshire, TW19 5ND

Radstock – Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD

Leicester – Stoney Cove, Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton, Leicester, LE9 4DW

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