Peak Performance Buoyancy

Hover Like a Pro

Newly certified Open Water Divers (especially those who struggled with buoyancy)
Photographers and videographers (need steady camera platform)
Eco-conscious divers (want to stop damaging marine life)
Air hogs (divers who run out of air first)
Anyone preparing for drift diving, wreck diving, or deep diving

Prerequisite: Open Water Diver (or Junior OW)

Minimum Age: 10 years old

Duration: 1-2 days

Dives Required: 2 open water dives

eLearning Available: Yes

“Most divers are overweighted and out of trim. They fin constantly just to stay off the bottom. This course fixes that.”

Skills covered:

Proper weighting– The “head-up, knees-down” test to find your exact weight needs
Trim adjustment– Moving weight to achieve horizontal swimming (less drag, less air use)
Fine buoyancy control– Tiny, precise BCD inflation and deflation (not the “stab and jab” method)
Hovering– Remaining motionless at any depth without touching the bottom or shooting to the surface
Propulsion techniques– Modified frog kick, helicopter turn (no silt storms)