SDI Advanced Buoyancy Control
Specialty Course · Better Buoyancy · For Certified Divers
Dive smoother, use less air. The SDI Advanced Buoyancy specialty fine-tunes your control so you hover effortlessly, stop bumping the reef, and stretch your bottom time. It's a focused pool session with an instructor, and it counts as a specialty toward your Advanced Diver rating. You'll need your own mask, fins, boots, and snorkel, and the rest of the rental gear is included.
Veterans can put their GI Bill toward their training, and families can use ESA or ClassWallet funds. See if you qualify.
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SDI Advanced Buoyancy Diver Course
Good buoyancy is what separates a diver who's working from a diver who's gliding. This specialty digs into what actually affects your buoyancy, your breathing, your weighting, your gear, and your trim, and trains you to control all of it. You'll spend a focused session in the pool with an instructor, dialing in your weight and practicing hovering until it feels automatic. Most divers walk away noticeably smoother in the water, and it counts as a specialty toward your SDI Advanced Diver rating.
Why better buoyancy pays off
Dialed-in buoyancy shows up on every dive:
- You don't touch the reef, so you protect the life you came to see
- Less effort and less fatigue, which means more fun
- Lower air consumption, which means more bottom time
- Steadier, sharper photos and video
What you'll practice
It's hands-on from the start. You'll run buoyancy checks, dial in your weighting, and hover until it's second nature.
- Buoyancy checks with a full and a near-empty cylinder
- Getting your weight amount and position dialed in
- Hovering with breath control, then with your BCD or drysuit
- Close-to-the-bottom, no-touch exercises and safety-stop hovering
Who it's for
This one is for certified divers who want to stop fighting the water and start gliding through it, especially anyone who bumps the bottom or burns through air too fast.
- Certified Open Water divers (or Junior Open Water, or equivalent)
- Minimum age 18, or 10 with parental consent
- Junior divers 10 to 14 dive with a parent, guardian, or dive pro
- Anyone who wants sharper photos or longer dives
✓ What's included
- A focused pool session with your instructor
- Rental gear: BCD, regulator, tank, weights, and wetsuit
- Your SDI Advanced Buoyancy Diver certification
- One specialty credit toward your Advanced Diver rating
What to bring
- Your own mask, fins, boots, and snorkel (required, we don't rent these)
- A swimsuit and a towel
- Any of your own gear you'd rather dive
Frequently Asked Questions
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Let's. Go. Diving.
A few hours in the pool can change how every future dive feels. Register online, or call the shop and we'll get you scheduled.
📞 Call the shop (480) 881-4013A specialty course that counts toward the SDI Advanced Diver rating. Prerequisite: an SDI Open Water certification (or equivalent).
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