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Scuba License
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Fine-tune your buoyancy with SSIβs Perfect Buoyancy Specialty, often called βpeak performance buoyancy.β This course helps you dial in weighting, trim, breath control, and body position so you can hover with ease, protect the underwater environment, and enjoy longer, more relaxed dives. Building on SSIβs official standards, we blend confined water practice with open-water Atlantic dives around the Aran Islands.
This specialty is ideal for divers who want better trim, control and efficiency, perfect for newly certified Open Water divers, those using too much air or struggling to hover, underwater photographers needing steady positioning, and drysuit divers looking for finer buoyancy control.
SSI recognises buoyancy as a core foundation skill. Completing this course and combining it with other specialties helps you progress toward Specialty Diver and Advanced Open Water, opening the door to more dive sites, more confidence and more adventure.
Check-In
Arrive at Dive Aran by 08:00
Shore Dive
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Boat Dives
A boat will depart from the front of the dive center at 12:30, and 15:30.
Check-Out & Certification
17:00 - 17:30
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Yes. Any Open Water (or equivalent) diver from any agency is welcome.
Maximum depth is within your certification limits.
The list is long! Divers often encounter grey seals, lobsters, crayfish, wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, and dogfish/cat sharks. With luck, you might also see basking sharks, dolphins, or even whales or a sunfish.
Visibility can range from 5 metres (17 feet) to over 20 metres, depending on conditions.
We use 12L steel tanks with single-valve DIN or Yoke fittings.
No. Dives finish at around 17:00.
Booking is easy. Just use the calendar on this page to select your date and secure your place.
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