Where the Professionals Train

Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty

Why Peak Performance Buoyancy?
What is neutral buoyancy? Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. It can be a tricky thing. Divers who’ve mastered the highest performance levels in buoyancy stand apart. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought. They interact gently with aquatic life and affect their surroundings minimally. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course refines the basic skills you learned as an open water diver and elevates them to the next level.

What do I need to start?
    · PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification
     · Minimum age: 10 years old

What will I do?
During your Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course, you'll use PADI's Basic Weighting Guidelines to determine the correct amount of weight. Then you'll practice the fundamentals of peak performance buoyancy during two open water dives, including the buoyancy check, fine-tuning buoyancy underwater, weight positioning for trim, streamlining and visualization.

How long will it take?
    · One day course
     · Two Open water training dives

The Learning Materials You Need
PADI’s Peak Performance Buoyancy video on DVD provides an overview of the skills you’ll practice with your instructor. It comes with an enclosed booklet that includes a buoyancy assessment questionnaire and basic weighting guidelines - useful whenever you purchase new gear or dive in a new environment.

Course cost $195
 

What are some other courses I might be interested in?

PADI Advanced Open Water
PADI Rescue Diver
PADI Deep Diver
PADI Wreck Diver
PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver
PADI Underwater Naturalist
PADI Underwater Photographer
PADI Night Diver
Spiegel Grove Diver
PADI Boat Diver
PADI Search and Recovery
PADI Underwater Navigation
PADI National Geographic Portal
PADI Master Scuba Diver

Where will I be diving?
You will be enjoying some of the best reef locations Key Largo and Pennekamp Park have to offer, including Molasses Reef, French Reef, Benwood Wreck, Christ of the Deep, and Snapper Ledge to name a few. During the challenging specialties you will be diving the famous wrecks of the LSD Spiegel Grove and the USCG Duane

What Equipment Should I have?
-Buoyancy Compensator
-Regulator, Alternate Air Source
-Gauges or a Computer
-Mask, Fins and Snorkel
-Wet Suit
-Dive Light
-Compass
-Equipment Bag

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