Course overview

The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty in Muscat refines your buoyancy, trim and air control so you glide easily over Oman's coral reefs at Bandar Khayran and the Daymaniyat Islands. Across two dives you fine-tune weighting, streamlining and hovering, which protects the reef and extends your air supply. You certify as a PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy diver.

What you’ll learn

• Determine and fine-tune your ideal weighting
• Achieve and hold neutral buoyancy effortlessly
• Trim and streamline your body and equipment
• Hover motionless in any position
• Use breath control to make subtle depth adjustments
• Move efficiently to conserve air and protect the reef

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
• Basic comfort with scuba equipment
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

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Probability of sightings · month-by-month

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Weighting & hovering

   Cover buoyancy theory, fine-tune weighting and practise hovering on a sheltered Bandar Khayran reef.
2. Day2
   Trim & certification

   Refine trim, streamlining and air control on a Daymaniyat reef dive, then certify.

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