Want To Dive Longer, Use Less Air and Save money? (Then PPB Is For You!)

So, you’re a new diver, congratulations! Or you’ve been diving for a while, but you just can’t quiet master this buoyancy thing! It’s like riding a bike or learning to drive, it needs practice.

Sure enough, with time and experience underwater, your buoyancy will only get better. Even so, why wait? The Peak Performance Buoyancy course is your shortcut to grasping this essential underwater skill and transforming the way you dive, making it more relaxing, stress free and fun.

But why is buoyancy important in scuba diving and why complete the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course? Read on for the answers.

What is PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy?

Well apart from being one of the most popular PADI courses, hons your underwater abilities, it’s great fun and often involves games and obstacle courses! Through independent study, buoyancy checks and two dives, you’ll learn:

• How to determine the correct weight
• Where to place weights to trim your position and fine-tune your buoyancy
• Scuba buoyancy control tips and techniques for streamlined movements and hovering

Whether you want a brush-up before taking further course or gain extra confidence before spending all your holiday diving, the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course is a good day well spent. You can even get started from the comfort of home with PADI eLearning.

Sign up today https://www.waterhoppers.com/programmes/padi-courses/speciality-courses

If you need more reasons to take the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course, here are six.

Improved air consumption

Too much weight needs a fuller BCD to compensate, which creates more drag; not enough weight takes effort to stay down. Either way, the added exertion impacts your air consumption. With the correct weighting, you also won’t need to inflate and deflate your BCD as much or as often. Instead, you’ll use your lungs for minor buoyancy adjustments. So, get your buoyancy right, and you’ll use less air — and that means more time underwater!

Protect marine life (and other divers)

No diver wants to be responsible for flattening a protected seagrass meadow or destroying fragile corals. Your buddy probably won’t thank you for crashing into them, either. Mastering your buoyancy is the best way to stop yourself from landing uncontrollably on (and damaging) the reef, marine life and other divers.

Be a safer diver

Uncontrolled rapid ascents can lead to decompression illness. What’s more, flailing arms and legs means more chance of getting stung or bitten by marine life or injuring yourself on sharp rocks and rusty wrecks. For this reason, being able to hold your buoyancy is essential for your safety and one of the top reasons to take the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course.

Keep a clear view

Divers with poor buoyancy often find themselves clumsily bumping over the seabed. As they swim along, there is sure to be clouds of silt (and frustrated buddies) following close behind. It’s also a fast way to ruin scuba equipment. If you want to save popularity points and money, keep yourself and your dive gear off the bottom by learning to control your buoyancy.

Be a better photographer

We’re not saying that Peak Performance Buoyancy skills alone will turn you into Wildlife Photographer of the Year. After all, underwater photography has its own set of techniques to grasp. But being able to sneak up and stay motionless in front of your subject will go a long way to producing close-up, blur-free shots worthy of framing.

Balanced body, balanced mind

Using the proper weighting for diving and fine-tuning your trim will help you maintain a horizontal and comfortable position. You’ll be able to glide effortlessly along the reef or stop and hover on command. Overall, being relaxed and ‘balanced’ underwater means you’ll feel calmer, happier, and will enjoy your diving so much more.

Master your skills with PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy

By now, you shouldn’t need any more reasons to take the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course. So, are you ready to jump in? Book your course with us today and remember we have early bird prices.

Book now: https://www.waterhoppers.com/programmes/padi-courses/speciality-courses

Thanks to the PADI blog for inspiring this post, see it here: https://blog.padi.com/reasons-to-take-the-padi-peak-performance-buoyancy-course/