Neutral_Buoyancy

SCUBA Buoyancy Control = Neutral Buoyancy Control

"No performance requirement in SCUBA Diving is more poorly defined or less often achieved than....Buoyancy Control."

Most divers are in such a hurry to collect c-cards and to buy fancy dive gear and to score bragging rights that they allow the proverbial cart to get in front of the horse. Make no mistake.... SCUBA Diving is an EGO Sport! SO FAR....fundamentals such as Buoyancy Control have managed to not become an "ego trip" or attract attention from most recreational divers. Of particular concern are divers who advance to the status of dive leadership, technical diving or public safety diving without acquiring any fundamental talent.

SINCE THE INVENTION OF OPEN CIRCUIT SCUBA, 70 YEARS AGO, DIVE TRAINING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY AGENCIES THAT WERE FOUNDED BY EQUIPMENT SALES REPRESENTATIVES ( THE BIG TRAINING ENTITIES ) OR BY DIVERS WHO HAD MANAGED TO CREATE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES THROUGH DEEDS OR SKILLFUL SELF INVENTION ( THE SMALLER, MORE SPECIALIZED AGENCIES ).
THESE AGENCIES HAVE NO INTEREST IN IMPROVING YOUR BUOYANCY SKILLS. DOING THAT WOULD ONLY SERVE TO CLOSE THE IMAGINARY GAP BETWEEN THEIR STATUS AND YOUR STATUS.

FOR THE BIG GUYS THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO KEEP GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS OUT OF RECREATIONAL DIVING, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE CREATION OF A "CUSTOMER BASE" FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; I.E. "THE RECREATIONAL SCUBA INDUSTRY".
THEY WANT TO SELL TANGABLE PRODUCTS TO AN AFLUENT CUSTOMER BASE. THEY SEE NO NEED FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS TO BE SKILLED DIVERS. THEY NEED "ONLY" FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS TO HAVE DEEP POCKETS.

FOR THOSE FAMOUS DIVERS, WHO NEED TO FINANCE THEIR OWN SPECTACULAR AMBITIONS, THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS TO A, USUALLY, MORE STREAMLINED & MORE EGO MOTIVATED PROGRAM, ONE THAT HOLDS THE PROMISE OF BIGGER BRAGGING RIGHTS.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS: THEY LET YOU IN FOR A TASTE OF TECH DIVING AND EXPLORATION BUT ALL BUT A SELECT FEW WILL NEVER BE EMBRACED AS EQUALS.

BOTH ENTITIES PLACE MOST OF THEIR EMPHASIS ON EQUIPMENT AND BOTH OFFER THE MEANS THROUGH WHICH THEIR PATRONS CAN BUY THE GADGETS OF SCUBA. FOR MANY "EAGER BEAVER" DIVE STUDENTS THIS PLACES THE FOCUS MORE ON THE GEAR AND THE RESULT IS AN "OVER EQUIPPED BUT UNDER SKILLED DIVER".
A DIVER WHO HAS ALL OF THE TRAPPINGS OF AN ELIETE DIVER AND SOME OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEORY BUT WITHOUT THE BASIC MOTOR SKILLS.

MOST OF THE TECH ORIENTED AGENCIES OFFER SOME BUOYANCY & TRIM ADVICE WITHOUT THE CUSTOMARY PLASTC REWARDS. CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE BIGGER, MORE BEGINNER FRIENDLY AGENCIES, IS ACHIEVED BY MEETING ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.
NO PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT, IN DIVING, IS MORE POOLY DEFINED OR LESS OFTEN ACHIEVED THAN IS MASTERY OF THE FOUNDATION SKILL OF, "NEUTRAL BUOYANCY CONTROL"

WITH ALL OF "THE STATE OF THE ART" DEVICES OF TODAY, GREAT BUOYANCY CONTROL CONTINUES TO EVADE MOST DIVERS JUST AS IT ESCAPED THE STARS OF THE POPULAR BLACK & WHITE TELEVISION SHOW OF 1958 TO 1961.
50 EPISODES ( OF THIS HALF HOUR SERIES) CAN BE HAD ON DVD FROM MOST LARGE ELECTRONICS RETAILERS AND VIEWING THE HORRIBLE BUOYANCY TALENT THAT IS DEPICTED WILL MAKE FOR EASIER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT STATE OF BUOYANCY SKILLS ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF RECREATIONAL SCUBA CERTIFICATIONS .

POOR BUOYANCY SKILL IS THE NEMESIS OF MOST DIVERS, INCLUDING MANY OR MOST INSTRUCTORS, AND IS NOT THE SOLE DOMAIN OF "THE NEWBIE", A NAME THAT THE CYBER DIVER COMMUNITY HAS BESTOWED UPON BEGINNERS.

BEGINNERS ARE NOT THE ONLY DIVERS WHO HAVE POOR BUOYANCY SKILLS....BELIEVE IT!!!!!

"BUOYANCY CONTROL IS THE SKILL THAT MOST DIVERS NEVER MASTER".....SO WHY NOT?

WE DON'T CLAIM TO BE AS SMART AS EINSTEIN & WE CAN'T BE SURE HOW
OTHERS ARE "TEACHING" AND/OR "LEARNING" ABOUT BUOYANCY SKILLS.

BUT WE THINK "WE DO HAVE A NOVEL APPROACH"
"WE MENTOR THOSE SKILLS!"
And we believe that: "LESS IS MORE"

LESS EMPHASIS ON SALES OF EQUIPMENT, SPECIALTY COURSES AND C-CARD COLLECTING.
MORE EMPHASIS ON UNDERSTANDING NATURE'S RULES AND DEVELOPING MOTOR SKILLS!

CLICK THE DIVE FLAG ABOVE TO LEARN MORE

REMEMBER: Still Photos only record a fraction of a second.......WE HAVE VIDEOS BELOW!

DO YOU LOOK AS GOOD UNDERWATER AS YOU AS YOU LOOK ON PAPER OR PLASTIC?

DO YOU LOOK LIKE THE DIVER THAT ANYONE ELSE WOULD WANT TO BE?

WHY NOT be that "RARE DIVER" who looks good underwater when almost everyone else doesn't?

SO..you want to be a TECH DIVER?

Maybe you can be photographed in DOUBLE TANKS.
with lots of STAGE BOTTLES.............. "on both sides"

OR maybe try "Open Water Sidemount Technique"

You will want a dry suit and , of course, JET FINS!

Your canister light with "GOODMAN HANDLE" will be
on every dive and in every photo.

Next you'll need to be pulled by a BLACK DPV (scooter).

Maybe you'll be happy to just dive with "bull sharks"?
THE GOOD NEWS IS: All you need is..$$$$
and nobody will care about your Buoyancy Control.

THE PROBLEM IS: EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE AN "ELITE DIVER" WITHOUT FIRST BEING A COMPETENT ONE!

Why not go back and touch First Base?

( Let some real talent precede your quest for spectacular goals!)

"STOP SCULLING!"

"LEARN TO FROG KICK!"

" IMPROVE YOUR SCUBA!"

Check out our: FROG KICK & Buoyancy Control SKILLS WORKSHOP in:

COZUMEL MEXICO

BuoyancyQuest@comcast.net

WORKSHOP conditions & prices