Course overview

Take charge of your underwater orientation with the SSI Navigation specialty in Phuket, learning compass and natural navigation across the Andaman Sea's reef sites. You develop the skills to lead your buddy team and return to your exit point with confidence, making every dive more self-reliant. The course feeds into the SSI Advanced Adventurer and continuing-education ladder.

What you’ll learn

• Navigate precisely with a compass
• Read natural references like reef lines and sand ripples
• Estimate distance using kick cycles and time
• Swim accurate reciprocal and square patterns
• Mark and relocate underwater points of interest
• Plan and lead a navigation dive

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Basic buoyancy control
• Diver medical clearance where required

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 and distance

   Academics plus the first dive practising compass headings and distance estimation on a sheltered reef.
2. Day2
   Patterns and relocation

   Further navigation practice running patterns and relocating points before certification.

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