Buoyancy Control Course

Short of remembering to breathe and equalize, there is no skill more critical to divers than controlling buoyancy — and no skill more difficult for new divers to master. In an ideal world, no diver would ever need this course, as you simply wouldn’t be able to get certified unless you could demonstrate adequate buoyancy skills.

Unfortunately, the average diver’s buoyancy skills are an embarrassment — and make divers a danger to themselves and the environment.

Why do so many divers have such poor buoyancy skills? There are several reasons, including:

• Developing good buoyancy control skills takes time and practice — something absent from so many entry-level scuba courses these days.

• Learning to control buoyancy also requires the opportunity to get out and dive, while frequently stopping, starting and changing depth. Unfortunately, for many new divers, their open-water training consists mostly of kneeling on the bottom, waiting impatiently for the opportunity to perform yet another “skill.” In fact, most entry-level training “dives” don’t involve much in the way of actual diving. (No wonder so many new divers can’t control buoyancy.)

While we would like to think that our beginning divers are fortunate enough to avoid these problems, not every diver gets to learn to dive from us. And even some of our own students could use a little more work in this area.

This is why we offer this convenient Specialty Diver course — so that every diver has the opportunity to master and excel at this important skill.

Who?

Who Can Enroll? This course is open to divers who are:

 

• At least 12years old.

• Able to either answer No to all questions on the standard Medical History form or secure a physician’s approval prior to the start of class.

What?

What is involved? This course consists of:

• 2 open water training dives.

Where and When?

Where and when do classes take place? Classes take place at the following places and times:

 

 

How Much?

How much does it cost? The course fee is $75 per person.

What Equipment?

What equipment will you need? Students are responsible for supplying all of the equipment items listed below:

 

• Mask, snorkel, fins.
• Adequate exposure protection.
• One cylinder per dive, per day.
• Weight system, weights.
• Buoyancy Control Device (BC).
• Regulator/alternate air source.
• Depth gauge/timer or computer.
• Audible surface signal.
• Surface signal (safety tube).
• Cutting tool.
• Dive tables and slate.

How to Enroll

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