Improve Your Underwater Navigation Skills
The Underwater Navigator course builds on the navigation skills you acquire as part of the Open Water Diver course. It provides an introduction to:
Complex compass patterns.
Mapmaking.
Using navigation in conjunction with other specialty activities.
These skills are valuable in a variety of diving situations - and are ones that every serious diver should have.
This course is open to divers who are:
At least 12 years old.
Certified to the Open Water Diver level or equivalent.
Able to either answer No to all questions on the standard Medical History form or secure a physician's approval prior to the start of class.
This course consists of:
Self study.
1 classroom session.
2 open water training dives.
Classroom sessions take place Monday through Friday for 1 night, from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, at The Dive Shop. We also offer morning, afternoon, or weekends when requested.
2024 Dates
April 30
May 30
July 29
August 27
Local open-water training dives take place Saturday or Sunday, at one of our inland lakes.
The course fee: $135.00
Digital Materials: $75.00
Course fee includes:
Instruction
Certification Card
Students are responsible for supplying all of the equipment items listed below:
Mask, snorkel, fins.
Adequate exposure protection.
One cylinder per dive, per day.
Weight system, weights.
Buoyancy Control Device (BC).
Regulator/alternate air source.
Depth gauge/timer or computer.
Surface Marker Buoy.
Slate
Compass
All of these items are available at The Dive Shop.
2024 Dates
June 2
September 8