Course overview

Glide effortlessly and protect the reef with the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty in Malta and Gozo. Fine buoyancy control matters here, where you hover beside delicate wreck structures and weave through caverns and tunnels at sites like Lantern Point. You finish trimmed, weighted correctly and far more relaxed underwater.

What you’ll learn

• Fine-tune weighting for neutral buoyancy
• Achieve horizontal trim and streamlining
• Hover motionless in any position
• Control buoyancy with breath and minimal finning
• Reduce air consumption and protect marine life
• Move efficiently around wrecks and through caverns

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

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
   Trim & hovering

   Theory plus two dives refining weighting, trim and hovering at a calm Cirkewwa or Gozo reef, then certification.

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