Course overview

Sharpen your underwater navigation with the PADI specialty in Dahab, using the patterned coral gardens of Rick's Reef and the Canyon's distinctive features as natural reference points. Clear Red Sea visibility makes both compass and natural navigation easier to master here.

What you’ll learn

• Navigate accurately with a compass
• Use natural reference points and reciprocal headings
• Estimate distance by kick cycles and time
• Run square, triangle and search patterns
• Relocate a submerged point of interest

Prerequisites

• 10+ years old
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Diver medical signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Compass & Natural Nav

   Practise compass headings and natural navigation on a reef.
2. Day2
   Patterns & Relocation

   Run search patterns and relocate points at Rick's Reef.

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