Course overview

The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty fine-tunes your weighting, trim and breathing control so you hover effortlessly, a skill that protects Koh Lanta's fragile soft corals. On the coral walls of Koh Bida and the slopes of Koh Haa, precise buoyancy lets you glide centimetres above the reef without contact, conserving air and seeing more. You finish streamlined, perfectly weighted and far more relaxed underwater.

What you’ll learn

• Determine your exact weighting and ideal weight placement
• Achieve neutral buoyancy and a streamlined horizontal trim
• Hover motionless in any position using breath control
• Fine-tune buoyancy with your breathing rather than the BCD
• Glide efficiently to conserve air and protect the reef
• Improve overall comfort and control underwater

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or qualifying certification
• Basic comfort breathing underwater on scuba
• Diver medical questionnaire (physician sign-off if any condition applies)

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory & buoyancy dives

   Cover weighting and trim theory, then complete two training dives at Koh Bida or Koh Haa practising hovering, fin pivots and breath-control buoyancy.

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