Underwater Navigation Specialty
One of the most important skills a diver can
have is good navigation. As seasoned divers, we rely on our
navigation skills and proficiency with a compass to easily bring us
back to our entry point. The more you dive, the more you hone your
skills. This could be with the use of a compass or using underwater
formations as a reference.
The Academy of Scuba Underwater Navigation Diver
course will teach you the necessary skills to navigate using both a compass
and natural navigation. Whether you are a new open water diver with
four dives or an experienced diver with hundreds of dives under your
belt, the Academy of Scuba Underwater Navigation Specialty course is
both challenging and rewarding. Take the skills you learn in this
course, practice, and become an effective dive leader. Remember the
old Eskimo saying: “if you’re not the lead dog, the view never
changes." The Academy of
Scuba will help you become the lead dog!
Course Skills and Highlights
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Advanced Dive
Planning and Equipment Configuration
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Gas Management
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Executing and
Planning Dives with a Compass
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Dive the “Academy
Compass Course”
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Natural
Navigation and Underwater Formations
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Triangulation
Techniques
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Beginning
Underwater Cartography
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Basic Skills,
Practice, and Review
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Low
Diver/Instructor Ratios (4 Divers Max)
Course Prerequisites and Required Equipment
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Open Water Diver
or Equivalent
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Desire for
Excellence in Dive Training
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Everything you
need to be a Scuba Diver (3 Dives)
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A Compass, Slate,
and Pencil
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Visual and
Audible Signaling Device (Sausage and Whistle)
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SDI Underwater
Navigation Manual
Qualified versus Certified
At the end of this course you will have earned
the Underwater Navigation Specialty Certification. Earned means
qualified, not just certified! Also included in this course is the
Academy of Scuba eLearning Portal and Lifetime Refreshers. You will have the opportunity to take our
Underwater Navigation Specialty whenever you feel you need a
refresher. There is no additional cost to you. |
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