PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy – Master Trim, Control, and Effortless Underwater Movement

The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course is the fastest way to elevate your diving from “comfortable” to truly efficient and in control. This specialty focuses on the core skill that affects every dive you make—buoyancy. Whether you’re struggling with extra weight, kicking up silt, or only occasionally hitting that perfect hover, PPB helps you fine-tune your trim, air consumption, and overall dive performance.

Through hands-on guidance, skill drills, and real-world practice in the water, you’ll learn how to achieve neutral buoyancy more easily, maintain stable trim, refine your kicking techniques, and glide effortlessly without disturbing the bottom. Divers completing this course often notice a measurable improvement in comfort, air efficiency, and overall enjoyment—making every future dive smoother and far less tiring.

Key Benefits

• Reduce your air consumption by improving efficiency
• Hover effortlessly in any position—horizontal, vertical, or inverted
• Achieve proper trim and streamline your equipment setup
• Avoid finning up silt, damaging the bottom, or disturbing marine life
• Improve control during photography, wreck diving, and navigation
• Great skill-builder for newer divers and returning divers alike

What You’ll Learn

• How to properly assess and balance your weighting
• Streamlining your equipment for better comfort and control
• Fine-tuning your trim to achieve a stable body position
• Breathing techniques that help maintain neutral buoyancy
• Efficient kicking methods, including frog kick and helicopter turns
• How to hover in place without hand sculling or excessive movement

Course Structure

• Knowledge Development: Online learning at your own pace
• Open Water Training: Two dives focused on buoyancy control, trim drills, and real-world application
• Certification: Earned upon completion of all course performance requirements

What’s Included

• PADI PPB eLearning access

What's NOT Included

• Two open-water training dives
• Professional in-water coaching
• PADI specialty certification upon completion

Southern Maryland Divers will help you dial in your buoyancy so every dive feels easier, smoother, and more controlled. Perfect your trim and elevate every future dive you make.

***PADI E-Learning codes are NON REFUNDABLE once redeemed by the customer through PADI***