PADI Specialty of the month October 2008; Underwater Naturalist

Are you fascinated with aquatic life? Always wondering what that fish is and why it always dances under a coral head whenever you get close? If you’re engrossed with life under the surface, the Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is especially for you.

Tube Anemone at Sail Rock, vertebrate or invertebrate?

During your PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course, you'll learn underwater naturalist dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also get an overview of the major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths. You'll put this information into practice during your two open water dives.
The role of aquatic plants, food chains and predator prey relationships are explained and you need to point out 2 underwater plants, 4 underwater invertebrates and 5 underwater vertebrates.
You also learn about responsible interactions with aquatic life.