PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
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About the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course
Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. You've seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover almost as if by thought. They more easily observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. You can achieve this, too. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level.
PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers or higher, who are at least 10 years old, are eligible to take the Peak Performance Buoyancy course.
What You'll Learn
- Achieve neutral buoyancy
- Hover effortlessly
- Use the right amount of weight
Certification Requirements
- PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver (or qualifying entry-level certification)
- PADI e-learning: 2-4 hours
- Entire course: 1-2 days
- Good physical health
- 10 years of age or older
Scuba Diving and Neutral Buoyancy
Buoyancy control is essential to becoming a confident, relaxed diver. Being perfectly balanced allows you to float effortlessly, use air more efficiently and deftly approach skittish marine life to get a closer look.
Step 1
PADI E-learning
PADI e-learning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology whenever, wherever it's convenient for you.
It's your course on your time. Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.
- e-learning time commitment: 2-4 hours
Step 2
With Your Instructor
Determine how much weight you need and where to place trim weights to streamline your body position. During two dives you’ll fine-tune your weighting during buoyancy checks and master neutral buoyancy with in-water practice.
Total time commitment: 1-2 days.
After this Course
The first dive of the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course may count toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask your instructor about earning credit.
Each PADI Specialty you complete gets you one step closer to earning the elite Master Scuba Diver™ rating.
Available Languages
English, Español, Português, اللغة العربية, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, 한국어, 日本語, 中文繁体, 中文简体.
Visit the PADI Website
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PADI is the world's largest scuba diving training organisation. For over 50 years, PADI has enabled people around the world to seek adventure and save the ocean through underwater education, life-changing experiences and travel.
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If you plan to be somewhere without internet access, use the PADI Training app to download course content and study offline. Content can be downloaded in small sections with a total file size of approximately 182 MB. When you get back online, upload your progress so you can resume your training right where you left off.
The PADI Training app is available for Android and Apple iOS devices. For the ideal experience, devices should be no more than three models old and running with the most current OS (operating system).
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