PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty

Price: €225,00

Knowing where you are underwater – and where you are going – always comes in very handy, especially if you’re dying to see that awesome drop-off you heard about, or wanting to relocate that beautiful wreck your Divemaster took you to earlier in the day.

While everyone else is there to follow, taking the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course ensures you not only get where you want to go, but that you yourself know the way back to the boat or shoreline.

Course Description

Underwater navigation can be challenging, but you’ll master the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass. You learn to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where you are while following an arbitrary, irregular course using the Nav-Finder.

Here at Simply Diving Spain on the Costa del Sol, we have the perfect dive sites for you to practice under the guidance of our experienced experts and gain all the confidence you need.

Covered in the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course:

Methods of estimating distances underwater
Navigation patterns, natural and compass navigation
Following irregular courses with the Nav-Finder
Dive site relocation

Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or have qualifying certification from another organisation).

Number of Dives: Three.

Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.

Health & Fitness

Anyone with an average level of fitness can enjoy scuba diving. You don’t have to be an athlete!

However, some medical conditions such as heart or lung problems could prevent you from participating.

Before signing up for a PADI course, you will be required to complete and sign the standard PADI Medical Questionnaire [PDF, 120KB], with any “YES” answer cleared by a doctor.

We recommend taking the form to your doctor for completion before you travel to Spain.

Weather & Dive Conditions

The Costa del Sol has the perfect weather for taking a PADI course or just diving for fun, with over 300 days of sunshine per year. Hence its name!

Summer daytime temperatures average 30°C (86°F), with winter around 16°C (61°F).

Water temp May to September: 19 – 29°C (67 – 85°F)
Water temp October to April: 14 – 18°C (58 – 65°F).

Due to our variety and huge range of dive sites, Simply Diving is the only 5 Star PADI centre in the area that can take you diving 365 days a year.

Please note: All course prices include complete rental from our range of the latest and most modern Scubapro diving equipment; transportation to and from the dive sites in one of our air-conditioned mini-buses or by RIB boat; plus PADI certification on successful completion of your course.

Extras: Educational materials such as PADI Crewpacks and manuals (required reading for most courses) and diving equipment can be purchased from the Simply Diving shop. Please email dive@simplydiving.com to confirm prices.