Peak Performance Buoyancy
Course Outline and Benefits
Float effortlessly, drifting over reefs. Be the diver you want to be, with ultimate buoyancy control, able to hover close to the bottom and examine underwater organisms without touching them.
Buoyancy skills separate the good divers from the great divers. In the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course, you will learn to how to precisely weight yourself for optimum control, poise and balance. You learn to ascend and descend so effortlessly, it seems like you only think about it and it happens. By mastering streamlining, you move through the water cleanly, efficiently and gracefully. You swim near fragile environments without harm to them or yourself.
Upon successful completion of the course, the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty certification card is awarded. You may also apply for the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating if you are a PADI Rescue Diver or has a qualifying certification from another organisation with certification in four other PADI Specialty ratings.
Course Requirements
You must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organisation) and 10 years old.
Course Itinerary
The course consists of two dives and will look at the following elements:
Buoyancy fundamentals, weighting and adjustments
Streamlining, balance and trim
Fine tuning buoyancy and mastering hovering |
