Course overview

SSI Navigation teaches you to find your way underwater with confidence across Sharm El Sheikh's reef sites, increasing your safety and independence. Using compass and natural references on dives around Near Garden, you learn to run patterns and relocate points in 20-30m visibility. Good navigation makes you a stronger buddy and opens the door to guiding and leadership courses.

What you’ll learn

• Compass use for headings and patterns
• Natural navigation by reef features
• Distance estimation underwater
• Relocating a fixed point
• Planning a navigation profile

Prerequisites

• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Minimum age 10
• Medically fit to dive

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

   Theory then compass and natural navigation across two dives, with certification.

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