Course overview

Perfect your control with the SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty on Ambergris Caye, ideal for gliding over the corals of the Belize Barrier Reef. Off San Pedro you dial in weighting, trim and breathing so you hover with ease, save air and dive with minimal impact on the fragile reef.

What you’ll learn

• Set correct weighting for your equipment
• Achieve neutral buoyancy and horizontal trim
• Hover steadily without sculling
• Streamline gear to cut drag
• Control buoyancy with breathing
• Approach reef without contact or silt

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

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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

   Weighting and trim check, then dives practising hovering, streamlining and breath control over the reef off San Pedro.

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