PADI OPEN WATER DIVER UPDATED EXAMS
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔distance estimation [K.E.C.] - ✔✔kick cycles
elapsed time
cylinder pressure
✔✔natural navigation - ✔✔observations in the environment
✔✔predive observations [W.O.o.D.S.] - ✔✔water motion
objects/formations
depth finder
sun direction/ angle
✔✔descend oriented to... - ✔✔your travel direction
✔✔natural references [flights of the ray] - ✔✔light/shadow
water movement
composition
contour
plants/animals
sound
, ✔✔dive compass features [spit bit] - ✔✔dampened response
direction at tilt
degree numbers
readable in low light
lubber lines
bezel
✔✔lubber line - ✔✔your travel direction
✔✔compass use tips [I STRUT N U NAP] - ✔✔intentional error on long distance
share responsibilities
trust the compass
remember priority
understand limits
take time
natural references
use patterns
navigate around obstacles
allow for current
practice on land
✔✔sharing nav responsibilities - ✔✔compass buddy/depth buddy
✔✔nav patterns - ✔✔out and back lines
squares/rectangles
triangles
circles
✔✔out and back line - ✔✔straight line out
same line back
✔✔setting reciprocal course - ✔✔follow compass on single heading
At turn point, turn bezel 180 degrees
turn until needle is within index marks
✔✔t pattern navigation [SVSMOR] - ✔✔small patterns
agree on pattern with buddy
visualize pattern (embodied simulation)
surface and check position periodically
move slow
one pattern buddy
remember heading around obstacles
✔✔transponder nav - ✔✔emits signal from boat
picked up by dive instruments
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔distance estimation [K.E.C.] - ✔✔kick cycles
elapsed time
cylinder pressure
✔✔natural navigation - ✔✔observations in the environment
✔✔predive observations [W.O.o.D.S.] - ✔✔water motion
objects/formations
depth finder
sun direction/ angle
✔✔descend oriented to... - ✔✔your travel direction
✔✔natural references [flights of the ray] - ✔✔light/shadow
water movement
composition
contour
plants/animals
sound
, ✔✔dive compass features [spit bit] - ✔✔dampened response
direction at tilt
degree numbers
readable in low light
lubber lines
bezel
✔✔lubber line - ✔✔your travel direction
✔✔compass use tips [I STRUT N U NAP] - ✔✔intentional error on long distance
share responsibilities
trust the compass
remember priority
understand limits
take time
natural references
use patterns
navigate around obstacles
allow for current
practice on land
✔✔sharing nav responsibilities - ✔✔compass buddy/depth buddy
✔✔nav patterns - ✔✔out and back lines
squares/rectangles
triangles
circles
✔✔out and back line - ✔✔straight line out
same line back
✔✔setting reciprocal course - ✔✔follow compass on single heading
At turn point, turn bezel 180 degrees
turn until needle is within index marks
✔✔t pattern navigation [SVSMOR] - ✔✔small patterns
agree on pattern with buddy
visualize pattern (embodied simulation)
surface and check position periodically
move slow
one pattern buddy
remember heading around obstacles
✔✔transponder nav - ✔✔emits signal from boat
picked up by dive instruments
