SSI Navigation Specialty

SSI Navigation Specialty
From NZD $300.00
  • Duration: 1 Days (approx.)
  • Location: Warkworth, NZ
  • Product code: SDS
Continue your SCUBA discovery with the navigation specialty program

If you had decided that diving is a sport you want to really immerse yourself in, then its time for you to continue your adventure with SSI's continuing education program.

Stop yourself from feeling lost underwater. In this specialty program you will learn to how to use a compass effectively and efficiently to navigate your dives, helping you to become a safer and more confident diver. 

With an array of specialty dive programs to chose from, here at NZ diving we have selected ones in which feel will increase your ultimate dive experience, right here in the beautiful NZ coastline. Once certified these specialties will allow you to explore different marine environments around the world.

Course Description

This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably navigate underwater during a dive. You will learn how to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, estimate distance, basic navigation patterns and how to leave and return to a designated point. You will earn the SSI Navigation Specialty certification after completing this program.

Minimum Age: 10

Certification Prerequisites: Open Water Diver

Academic Sessions: Online Learning

Pool/Confined Water Sessions: Optional

Open Water Dives: 2

Maximum Training Depth: Varies with age

Suggested Duration: 6 - 10 hours

The Diver Diamond methodology

Diver Diamond is the cornerstone of the SSI educational system. It emphasizes the critical components of a great scuba education program: Proper knowledge, Proper Skills, Proper Equipment and Proper Experience. The diver diamond is the foundation for the Ultimate Dive Experience.