Course overview

Perfect your control underwater with the SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty on Gili Trawangan, gliding effortlessly over the island's coral reefs. Through training dives you dial in weighting, trim and breathing so you hover above sites like Turtle Heaven while saving air and protecting the reef.

What you’ll learn

• Find ideal weighting and distribution
• Achieve neutral buoyancy and horizontal trim
• Hover steadily in any position
• Use breath control for fine adjustments
• Lower air consumption and avoid reef contact

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Basic comfort with weighting and buoyancy
• Diver medical clearance where required

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
   Buoyancy dives & certification

   SSI academics and weighting review, then dives perfecting trim, hovering and breath control over a calm Gili reef, finishing with certification.

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