Course overview

The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty on Tioman refines the single skill that separates good divers from great ones. Across two dives over the island's delicate coral and boulder reefs, you learn to hover effortlessly, trim your weighting and glide through the swim-throughs near Renggis Island without touching a thing, protecting the reef and stretching your air supply.

What you’ll learn

• Fine-tune weighting for perfect neutral buoyancy
• Achieve effortless hovering in any position
• Streamline your gear and trim for efficient finning
• Control buoyancy with breathing alone
• Glide through swim-throughs without contacting the reef
• Improve air consumption through relaxed control

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 and hovering

   Knowledge review, then two dives perfecting weighting, trim and hovering over Tioman's reefs, gliding through the boulder swim-throughs before certification.

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