Course overview

Perfect your control in the water with the SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty at Kovalam, refining trim and weighting on the warm Kovalam reef in the Arabian Sea. You learn to hover precisely, streamline your gear and use less air, making your diving smoother and more reef-friendly. You finish with the SSI Perfect Buoyancy certification.

What you’ll learn

• Achieve neutral buoyancy and controlled hovering
• Optimise weighting and weight placement
• Streamline equipment to cut drag
• Improve trim and finning efficiency
• Reduce air consumption and protect marine life

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10 (junior) or 15
• SSI Open Water Diver or higher
• Comfort with basic open-water skills
• Diver medical questionnaire (physician sign-off if any condition applies)

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 theory and dives

   Cover weighting and trim through the SSI app, then complete guided buoyancy dives on the Kovalam reef and certify.

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