Course overview

The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty on the Perhentian Islands fine-tunes the single most valued diving skill, so you hover effortlessly, drift over coral without contact and use less air. Practised on the calm reefs off Long Beach and Coral Bay, it makes every future dive easier and protects the delicate hard- and soft-coral the islands are known for.

What you’ll learn

• Achieve and hold precise neutral buoyancy
• Fine-tune weighting and trim for streamlined diving
• Hover motionless in any position
• Use breath control for subtle depth adjustments
• Reduce air consumption and avoid reef contact

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or qualifying certification
• 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
   Theory and buoyancy dives

   Buoyancy and weighting theory, then two open-water dives on local reefs refining trim, hovering and breath control, ending in certification.

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