Course overview

The PADI Underwater Navigator specialty in Rasdhoo Atoll sharpens your underwater orientation. Channel currents and big drift sites here make confident navigation a genuinely valuable skill. You learn compass and natural navigation on the atoll's reefs, and you finish certified to find your way, lead your buddy team, and dive with far more independence.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • PADI Underwater Navigator knowledge development
  • Three open-water navigation dives
  • Compass patterns: reciprocal, square and multi-leg courses
  • Natural-navigation exercises along reef contours
  • Distance estimation and point relocation drills
  • PADI Underwater Navigator specialty certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Underwater Navigation pathway

The PADI Underwater Navigator specialty includes three dives, counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating, and satisfies the navigation requirement that underpins the Advanced Open Water and Rescue pathways.

Where you'll dive in Rasdhoo Atoll

Navigation training works best on Rasdhoo's clearly contoured reef sites such as Holhi Faru and Veligandu East, where good visibility and defined reef edges make natural references easy to follow. You then apply the skills in the atoll's mild drift currents, with the calmest conditions from November to April.

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Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

Flights and accommodation aren’t part of the course price, here’s how to book them around your dates.

Getting there

Fly into Malé (MLE) · 3-4 hours from India.

Where to stay

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