Perfect Buoyancy – Why we believe.

At Divecrew we often talk with new open water divers about Winnie the Poo!!  Your barking mad I hear. Winnie the Poo had some good friends, one of them was Tigger. Tigger went bouncy, bouncy. Scuba diving is all about buoyancy, buoyancy.

A lot of agencies state that the buoyancy course must be in open water. Why? In the UK the water is temperate. Deeper water makes buoyancy easier as the depth makes moves more forgiving.

SSI permit the Perfect Buoyancy Course to be run in a swimming pool. We use this course extensively, why? First of it means we can cater for warm water divers as well as those that dive here in the UK. We open the market 100% not half the market by insisting on open water in a lake. The pool we use is four metres deep. Makes buoyancy even more important. The other benefit is the pool dives are 3 hours long. Be difficult to get that time in the UK waters.

Buoyancy is the Holy Grail of Scuba. We offer the perfect buoynacy course as holiday divers spend the first two days frustatingly getting their buoyancy skills back whilst on holiday. Simple, do it before you travel. Buoyancy is a motor skill, you need to practice.

Of the courses Divecrew have run, we have found after giving course attendees a programme to follow after the course; their SAC rate improves, air consumption imrpoves, at times we have taken 50% weight off a diver (common to be over weighted). Fin action becomes more efficient meaning less air consumed. It is just WIN, WIN, WIN.

Whether you are a warm water diver, UK open water diver, this is the course for you.

Divecrew also do not recommend new open water divers going straight to PADI Advanced. You will not be an advanced diver, it will be a badge. We recommend you DIVE. Not under instruction. Practice, play, get some experience. If you really want to do another course – Perfect Buoyancy, not advanced.

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