Navigation Specialty Course: October 19

Find your way with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course!

Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course. When everyone’s buzzing about a reef or checking out a wreck, they’re having a great time – until it’s time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat.

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 to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where you are while following an arbitrary, irregular course using the Nav-Finder.

Click here to learn more and watch a video on the PADI website.

Date & Time: Sunday, October 19  9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Falling Rock Park, LaGrange, KY
Prerequisites: Open Water Diver (beginner, any agency)
Instructor: Ed Gabe
Course Fee: $195 includes textbook, Nav-Finder, and rental equipment
Additional Fees: transportation, admission to dive site ($20), snacks
* Students also need a good compass for this course. We will loan one to you as part of the course at no extra cost, but it is strongly recommended that you have your own compass that meets your preferences and needs. A console or wrist mount is acceptable.

Students must read the textbook and complete the written Knowledge Reviews in the book before the start of the class. If you learn and demonstrate the advanced navigation techniques in this course, you will be awarded the PADI Underwater Navigator certification, and this counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating.