Underwater Navigation Manual
The PADI Underwater Navigation manual is required for all students who will be taking a Underwater Navigation specialty course.
Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge. You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass. You learn:
Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge. You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass. You learn:
- Navigation patterns
- Natural navigation (without a compass)
- Compass navigation
- How to "mark" or relocate a submerged object or position from the surface
- Underwater map making
- Dive site relocation
- How to estimate distance underwater
