Open Water + Perfect Buoyancy

The Perfect Buoyancy course helps you master one of the most essential diving skills right from the start: control of your position and movement underwater.

Why take it during your Open Water Course?

• Build strong habits early: You’ll learn proper breathing, weighting, and trim before bad habits form.
  
• Improve confidence & control: Better buoyancy means less effort, more relaxed dives, and easier navigation.
  
• Protect the marine life: You’ll avoid unintentional contact with the seabed, corals, or wrecks.
  
• Use less air: With better control, you’ll move more efficiently and often breathe less, extending your dive time.
  

Adding this course early on sets you up for safer, more enjoyable diving from day one.

Certification Prerequisites

• Fit to swim 
• Medical Fit (link pdf) 
• Standards 
• Show SSI website for How the courses are presented 

FAQ

Guidance for Doctor (link pdf) 

Info: Take all three pages of this form (Participant Questionnaire and the Physician’s Evaluation Form) to your physician for a medical evaluation. Participation in a diving course requires your physician’s approval.