Advanced Buoyancy Control Specialty
Perfect your buoyancy, improve air consumption, and glide effortlessly underwater with Stuart Scuba SDI Advanced Buoyancy Control Specialty.
Why Stuart Scuba? Maximum 4 Divers per Instructor
Smaller groups mean personalized instruction, more hands-on practice, and safer, higher-quality training.
Availability: Contact us for booking information
Course Description
Take your diving further! Master proper weighting, neutral buoyancy, trim, and breathing control through practical, instructor-led training. Learn to hover effortlessly, maneuver precisely, reduce air consumption, and protect delicate marine environments. Build confidence and become a more efficient, controlled diver while earning your SDI Advanced Buoyancy Control Specialty certification.
Price: $245.00 per diver
Prerequisites
- Minimum age: 10 years
- Certification: SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent
- Minimum logged dives: No additional logged dives required
- Completed SDI paperwork and medical questionnaire
Duration
- Approximately 1 day, including:
- SDI eLearning and instructor review
- 2 Confined water training dives at Pool
What’s Included
- SDI specialty eLearning
- Professional instructor-led training
- SDI digital certification upon successful completion
- Equipment: BCD, regulator, dive computer, and wetsuit
- Tanks and weights
Not Included
- Personal mask, snorkel, fins, and boots
- Boat fees if applicable
- Transportation and personal expenses
What You’ll Learn
- Proper weighting and weight distribution
- Precise neutral buoyancy and hovering techniques
- Improved trim, streamlining, and propulsion
- Breathing control to fine-tune buoyancy
- Buoyancy management during descents and ascents
- Techniques to minimize contact with marine life and sensitive environments
Certification
Complete the required knowledge development, practical skills, and 2 confined water training dives to earn your SDI Advanced Buoyancy Control Specialty certification, meeting current SDI standards.

