PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty

Interested in sea life? Then this program is for you! Look closer to see more on your next dive. Look for symbioses, predator/prey and other relationships between aquatic plant and animal life. Learn not just what fish and animals are, but how they interact with each other and the environment.

The Underwater Naturalist program will include two open water dives, which may be conducted in one day, which will introduce you to different aquatic life and include an overview of responsible human interactions with aquatic life. Some of the topic covered are:

• The planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of diving in different aquatic environments.
• The major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths.
• The role of aquatic plants, food chains and predator prey relationships
• Responsible interactions with aquatic life
• The underwater naturalist’s view of organisms and their roles in the environment
• An overview of basic aquatic life interactions and associations

You’ll need to be a Open Water Diver (Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent) and be at least 12.

Price includes :

• All land and sea transportation on diving day
• Lunch and bottled water between dives
• All equipment rental during the course
• 1 Tank per dive
• PADI Instructor

Notes :

• Ocean dives for this course will be conducted at Padangbai or Tulamben
• Extra dive at some dive location cost US$30.00
• Price may change without prior notice, except in the case of confirmed bookings with deposit
• The above price does not include PADI Certification Pack