Course overview

Stop relying on your guide and find your own way with the PADI Underwater Navigator specialty at Nusa Penida. Precise compass and natural navigation are genuinely useful here, where the drift currents of Toyapakeh and patchy reefs reward divers who can hold a heading and judge distance. The certification sharpens a core skill and counts towards Master Scuba Diver.

What you’ll learn

• Navigate accurately with a compass underwater
• Use natural references and kick-cycle distance estimation
• Run and reciprocate patterns such as squares and triangles
• Mark and relocate a dive site or point of interest
• Adjust navigation for current and drift

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or qualifying certification
• Basic buoyancy control
• Diver medical clearance where indicated

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
   Navigation dives

   After a briefing on compass and natural navigation, complete the three training dives running patterns and distance estimation on a Nusa reef such as Sental.

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