Course overview

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty in Muscat sharpens your weighting, trim and control so you move smoothly over Oman's reefs at Bandar Khayran and the Daymaniyat Islands. Using SSI's digital theory and focused dives you learn to hover easily, streamline your kit and conserve air while protecting the coral. You finish certified as an SSI Perfect Buoyancy diver.

What you’ll learn

• Set and fine-tune your ideal weighting
• Achieve and maintain effortless neutral buoyancy
• Trim and streamline your body and equipment
• Hover motionless in any orientation
• Use breathing to make fine depth adjustments
• Dive efficiently to save air and protect the reef

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 10
• SSI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
• Basic comfort with scuba equipment
• Medical statement and physician sign-off where indicated

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
   Digital theory & hovering

   Complete SSI buoyancy modules, fine-tune weighting and practise hovering at 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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