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PADI Underwater Navigator
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PADI Underwater Navigator

Learn to find your way underwater with a compass and natural navigation, no surface support required.

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Taught by Sally Sowell
Course Director & Master Instructor
Meet the team

What's included

✓PADI Underwater Navigator eLearning and course materials
✓Personal instruction from a PADI Instructor in small groups (max 4 students)
✓Compass and navigation slate provided for all training dives
✓PADI Underwater Navigator certification, recognized worldwide
✓Flexible scheduling at the shop's local training locations

Who it's for

This course builds on prior certification and experience — here's what you'll need before you start.

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PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higherEntry-level certification required to enroll

What you'll learn

Navigation Skills & Topics

✓Using a compass both at the surface and underwater
✓Natural navigation using environmental cues without a compass
✓Common underwater navigation patterns and multi-turn navigation scenarios
✓Estimating underwater distances
✓Marking and relocating a submerged object or dive site

Course Structure

✓eLearning knowledge development, taking about 2-4 hours
✓Three required dives plus land-based compass practice
✓Typically completed in 2-3 days
✓Counts as one of the five specialties required for the Master Scuba Diver certification
✓Navigation dive from Advanced Open Water may credit toward this specialty

Frequently asked questions

Three open water dives, each building on compass and natural navigation skills until you can run a full pattern on your own.

Simple process

How it works

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eLearning at home

Complete the academic portion online at your own pace — videos, quizzes, no classroom required.

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Open water dives at the lake

Skills and dives happen at a local dive site, on a date we set with you.

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Get certified

Finish your dives and we issue your certification — card in hand, recognized worldwide.

Ready?

Ready to get in the water?

Book online in minutes. eLearning starts instantly. We’ll be in touch to schedule.

Contact for pricing →Call (936) 564-3483

Already certified? PADI Advance Open Water Diver is a popular next step.