The PADI Peak Performance
Buoyancy Course
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 a PADI Open Water Diver and elevates them
to the next level.
The
Fun Part
The fun part of this course is giving
your dive skills a polish you may not
have thought possible.
What You
Learn
•How to trim your scuba gear
so you’re perfectly balanced in
the water
•Nuances in determining weight
so you’re not too light nor too
heavy by even a slight degree
•How to streamline to save air
and move smoothly through the water
•How to hover effortlessly in
both a vertical position and a horizontal
position
The Scuba
Gear You Use
You use all your basic scuba gear as
required in your local diving environment.
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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.
Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Peak Performance
Diver course, you must
•Have a PADI Open Water Diver
certification (or have a qualifying
certification from another organization)
Your Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure
Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water
Diver /Adventure Diver course credits
(at your instructor’s discretion)
as the first dive in the PADI Peak Performance
Buoyancy course |
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Your Next Adventure
Part of mastering buoyancy control is learning
how to use your BCD and weight system effectively,
plus maintain streamlining. This makes the
PADI Equipment Specialist course a natural
companion, because you learn more about these
pieces of gear and how to make them suit your
specific diving styles.
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