Master the Hover – SSI Perfect Buoyancy

Stop swimming, start gliding. If you find yourself constantly adjusting your BCD, kicking to stay off the bottom, or running out of air before your buddy, this is the course for you. SSI Perfect Buoyancy is widely considered the single best investment a new diver can make in their skills.

Buoyancy is the secret sauce of scuba diving. When you master it, you stop fighting the water and start blending into it. You will move with less effort, consume less air, and hover effortlessly like a marine creature. It’s the difference between looking like a struggling beginner and a seasoned professional.

Why Take a Perfect Buoyancy Course?

• Double Your Bottom Time: Struggling to stay neutral burns oxygen. Proper buoyancy lowers your heart rate and drastically improves your air consumption.

• Protect the Reef: Learn to glide over fragile corals without making accidental contact.

• Get Closer to Wildlife: Marine life is less threatened by a calm, motionless diver, allowing for much closer encounters.

• Take Better Photos: You can’t take a clear shot if you are bobbing up and down. Stability is the foundation of underwater photography.

What You Will Learn

We take the guesswork out of weighting. You will leave this course knowing exactly how much lead you need—and where to put it.

• Proper Weighting: Most divers carry too much weight. We will strip away the excess to find your "sweet spot."

• Trim Adjustment: Learn to distribute weight so you stay perfectly horizontal (flat) in the water, rather than swimming diagonally.

• Breath Control: Learn to use your lungs as a fine-tuning tool to rise and fall inches without ever touching your inflator hose.

• Advanced Finning: Introduction to the "frog kick" and "helicopter turn" for precise maneuvering without silting up the bottom.

Expand Your Range

Ready to look cool underwater? Perfect Buoyancy is a prerequisite for advanced environments like Wreck and Cavern diving, where hitting the bottom is not an option. It is also the number one skill needed for Underwater Photography.