Course overview

The SSI Navigation specialty in Rasdhoo Atoll lets you dive with more confidence and independence. Channel currents and drift sites here reward divers who can read the reef and hold a course. You combine compass and natural navigation on the atoll's clearly contoured reefs, and you finish certified to lead navigation dives and find your way back with ease.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • SSI Navigation digital learning materials
  • Compass and natural-navigation theory sessions
  • Open-water navigation dives running pattern exercises
  • Distance-estimation and point-relocation drills
  • Dive-leadership and buddy-orientation practice
  • SSI Navigation specialty digital certification
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The SSI Underwater Navigation pathway

The SSI Navigation specialty is delivered through SSI's digital platform and counts toward the Specialty Diver and Advanced Open Water recognition ratings, satisfying the navigation component of the SSI advanced pathway.

Where you'll dive in Rasdhoo Atoll

Navigation drills suit Rasdhoo's well-defined reef sites like Veligandu East and Holhi Faru, where clear water and obvious reef edges make natural references easy to follow. You then apply the skills in the atoll's mild drift currents during the calm November-to-April season.

Prefer a different certifying agency?PADI Underwater Navigation in Rasdhoo Atoll →

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

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Getting there

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

Where to stay

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