Course overview

Perfect your control with the SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty on Grand Cayman, where calm, clear water lets you sense every weighting and trim adjustment. Over your dives you learn to hover effortlessly, glide above the reef and breathe efficiently, protecting coral and extending your air supply. You finish a more relaxed, capable diver, with the specialty counting toward SSI recognition.

What you’ll learn

• Set correct weighting and weight distribution
• Hold neutral buoyancy and horizontal trim
• Control buoyancy through breathing
• Streamline equipment to cut drag
• Hover stationary in any orientation
• Move efficiently and protect the reef

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• SSI Open Water Diver (or equivalent certification)
• Basic swimming ability
• 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
   Buoyancy mastery

   Complete the digital academics, then dive a calm Cayman reef perfecting weighting, hovering and streamlined movement, finishing with certification.

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