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PADI Underwater Navigator
Master the art of underwater navigation with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Course at The Diving Academy. Perfect for divers in Reading, Swindon, Oxford, and Bristol looking to enhance their navigation skills underwater.
Course Type: Continuing Education
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£195.00
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PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty – Navigate the Depths with Confidence
The PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Course at The Diving Academy equips divers with essential skills to navigate confidently in any underwater environment. Whether you’re diving in open water, wrecks, or caves, effective navigation is key to a safe and enjoyable dive. This course teaches you practical techniques to enhance your dive experience and explore new dive sites with ease.
Why Choose The Diving Academy for Your Navigation Training?
With expert instructors and dive sites in Reading, Swindon, Oxford, and Bristol, The Diving Academy offers top-tier navigation training. Our hands-on approach helps you master underwater navigation using natural and compass-based techniques, ensuring that you can confidently plan and execute any dive, whether in local waters or on international trips.
What You Will Learn
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Techniques for accurate underwater navigation using a compass
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How to estimate distance, bearings, and headings underwater
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Methods for navigating using natural landmarks, such as reefs or wrecks
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How to handle common navigation challenges, such as poor visibility
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Tips for planning and executing safe dive routes
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How to navigate using various reference points and tools
Course Requirements
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Minimum age: 10
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PADI Open Water Diver certification (or equivalent)
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Comfort in the water and a desire to improve your dive navigation skills
Who Should Take This Course?
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Divers looking to improve their navigation skills for future dive adventures
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Those interested in exploring new dive sites without relying on a guide
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Divers who want to master compass use and natural navigation methods
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Anyone seeking to take their diving experience to the next level
Take Control of Your Dive Experience
Completing the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Course at The Diving Academy provides you with the tools to navigate any dive site safely and efficiently. Whether you’re exploring local dive sites or traveling the world, your improved navigation skills will enhance every underwater adventure.
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PADI Underwater Navigator Specialist Course Prerequisites
- PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver (or qualifying entry-level certification)
- Minimum age: 10 years or older
Course 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).
The Scuba Gear You Will Use During Your Course
We will provide all your core scuba diving equipment during your course including:
- Buoyancy Device
- Regulator
- Scuba Cylinder
- Weight System & Weights
- Scuba Diving Computer
- Scuba Diving Fins
During your course, we will include rental of all of the above core dive gear items only. You will be required to collect your core dive gear prior to the open water training dives from us.
What’s Included
- Course Tuition
- PADI eLearning
- Basic Equipment Hire
- Air Fills in the pool. (if required)
- PADI eCertification Card
Additional Costs
- Dive site entry from £15- £25 per day
- Transportation for you and your equipment
- Subsequent air fills on open water dives payable directly to site
After This Course
The first dive of the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course may count toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – contact us today for finds out more about earning credit.
Your PADI Underwater Navigator certification gets you one step closer to becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver™. Only two percent of divers ever achieve this elite rating.
Next Steps
Study
Step 1 – PADI eLearning
PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Complete the independent study part of your course whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
Work at your own pace, online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor for inwater training, or whenever you have a question.
- eLearning time commitment: 2-4 hours
At The Diving Academy
Step 2 – With Your Instructor
Practice using a compass on the surface, then apply your skills underwater during three dives. Learn how to estimate distance, follow natural clues and practice finding your way back to the boat or shore.
What’s Included
What’s Included
- Your course tuition fees for the dates you have booked.
- Your PADI eLearning or Manual
- Equipment hire
- Air Fills for the pool. (If required)
- PADI eCertification Card
Additional Costs
- Dive site entry from £15- £25 per day. (If required)
- Transportation for you to the dive centre, pools & dive sites.
- Subsequent air fills at Open Water sites payable directly to venue.
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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