The PADI Underwater Navigator course fine-tunes your observation skills and teaches you to more accurately use your compass underwater. If you like challenges with big rewards, take this course and have fun finding your way.

Requirements

 If you’re an Open Water Diver who is at least 10 years old, you can enroll in the Underwater Navigator specialty course.

The Learning

 You’ll learn the tools of the trade, including navigation using natural clues and by following compass headings. During three scuba dives, you’ll practice:

• Methods to estimate distance underwater.

• Compass navigation while making at least five turns.

• Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface.

• Underwater map making.

​Also, the first dive of the Underwater Navigator course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask us about earning credit.

​You may be able to get college credit for the Underwater Navigator course.

​Important Medical Information 

For your safety and to avoid delays in your course:

Download and Print the Diver Medical Form

Carefully read the form and answer the Medical History Questions honestly.​

If you can answer "Yes" to question 3, 5, or 10, OR any question on page 2, then written clearance to dive, without restrictions, from a physician is required prior to any in-water activities. Immediately do the following:​

• Take or send all 3 pages of the form to your physician (MD or DO).

• Ask your physician to complete the PHYSICIAN section on Page 3 of the form and return the form to you.
  Student Divers who are professional physicians may not sign for approval on their own medical form.

• Make a copy of the completed form and put it in a safe place. You may need it in the future.

• Bring the completed original form to your first course session.

Give your completed Diver Medical Form to your instructor at your first course session. Otherwise, your training will be delayed.​

For questions regarding your fitness to scuba dive, please speak with your physician. You and/or your physician can also speak with Diving Medicine Specialists at Divers Alert Network at no charge. Contact the Divers Alert Network (DAN) non-emergency medical information line at 919-684-2948 (Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm CT). Referrals to local diving and hyperbaric medicine specialists are available. Please read the complete details and download the form here.

If you have a copy of this form signed by a physician within 12 months prior to the expected completion date of your course, and your medical history has not changed, then you may provide a copy of it to your instructor. Otherwise, you will need to complete a new form.

​Pricing (PADI eLearning $125)

$254

Course tuition includes:

• PADI Underwater Navigator Crew-Pak
  (Manual and other knowledge development materials)

• Instructional dives with our professional crew*

• Rental tank and weights

• Certification processing

• Certification card

*Quarry fees, air fills and scuba equipment rental not included. Add $120 if you require rental regulator, BCD and dive computer.

​Get Started

​Call Denny’s Scuba Adventures at (509) 499-7513 to enroll in the course and get the PADI Underwater Navigator Crew-Pak that includes your manual and video. By studying before the dives, you’ll be better prepared to start practicing your navigational skills when you go diving with your Instructor.

​Student Agreement: By registering for the Underwater Navigator Course, you indicate that you have read and agree to the course policies, terms and conditions.

​Underwater Navigator Course is schedule on as needed basis. Please call Denny’s Scuba Adventure to schedule this class.

​The Gear

​Besides your basic scuba equipment, you’ll need a compass and underwater slate with pencil. Your Instructor may suggest other gear to help you stay oriented, such as marker buoys or lines and reels.

​The Next Step

​With your PADI Underwater Navigator certification, you're well on your way toward earning additional specialty diver certifications, the Advanced Open Water Diver certification, or the prestigious Master Scuba Diver certification. You may want to expand your diving skills even more with the Rescue Diver course. Ask your instructor or divemaster, stop by Scuba Frisco, or give us a call for more details.