During your PADI Underwater Navigator program you'll familiarize yourself with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of underwater navigation.   You learn:

• procedures and techniques for planning, organizing underwater navigation and problems and hazards associated.
• methods of estimating distances underwater.
• natural navigation techniques.
• how to use underwater patterns.
• dive site relocation techniques.
• compass navigation techniques.

The elective Navigation dive conducted during your Adventures In Diving program may count toward this specialty at the discretion of the instructor.  This class includes 3 open water dives.

You can find out more about this topic from information in the PADI Underwater Navigator Crew-Pak.