Course overview

Currents and look-alike coral heads make South Ari Atoll a great place to sharpen navigation, especially on the kandu drift dives where knowing your heading keeps you with the group and the action. PADI Underwater Navigator builds your compass and natural-navigation confidence on real reef sites.

What you’ll learn

• Accurate compass use and reciprocal headings
• Natural navigation using reef features
• Estimating distance by kick cycles and time
• Navigation patterns (square, triangle)
• Relocating a dive site or boat

Prerequisites

• 10 years or older
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Comfortable with buoyancy

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 & patterns

   Practise headings, reciprocal courses and navigation patterns on the house reef.
2. Day2
   Natural navigation

   Use reef features and distance estimation to navigate and relocate points.

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