01 · Scuba DivingDiverIntermediateComing soon
SC007Underwater Navigation
How divers find their way: natural navigation, the compass, distance estimation and planning a dive route.
8 lessons About 5 hours of study Diver tier (free during launch)
This course is planned. The syllabus is shown so you can see what it will cover; the lessons are still being written and reviewed.
What you will learn
- Use natural references to navigate
- Explain how a compass works and how divers use it
- Estimate distance and plan a simple route
- Describe how to stay oriented and what to do if disoriented
Syllabus
- 1Why navigation matters
- 2Natural navigation
- 3The compass
- 4Distance and time
- 5Route patterns
- 6Visibility, current and conditions
- 7Recovering when disoriented
- 8Revision and assessment