Itinerary

Depending on which course you will be doing the itinerary is as follows:

Beginner and Advanced

Beginner, level 1.

The Level 1 Freediver Course is an entry level course designed to teach the fundamental skills of breath holding and freediving. This course is suitable for anyone interested in improving their overall comfort underwater, or for those with previous freediving experience, interested in developing the correct techniques to extend their limits. This two day course is comprised of two academic sessions and two open water sessions.
Theory

    * Introduction to freediving
    * Freediving Equipment orientation
    * Physiology
    * Mammalian Dive Reflex
    * Understanding Pressure
    * Equalization
    * Freediving skills: duckdiving, finning technique, the ascent and descent
    * 2 section breathing
    * Freediving safety

Water Session One

    * Pre-dive Stretching
    * Equipment adjustment
    * Breathing revision (in water)
    * Equalizing
    * Duck diving, finning technique, streamlining
    * Arms only technique
    * Dives to 12m
    * Freediving safety
    * Black out and Loss of Motor Control rescue techniques

Day Two
Theory

    * Aquatic Environment
    * Water Movement - Tides and Currents, Wind and Waves
    * Planning your Freediving session
    * Freediving Safety - Freediving and Scuba diving
    * Training for Freediving

Water Session

    * Stretching for Freediving
    * Breating revision
    * Constant Weight (with fins) diving to 20m max (min 10m)
    * Practice recovery of an unconscious diver (black out) underwater from 10m
    * Loss of Motor Control rescue on the surface
    * Duckdiving, finning technique, streamlining
    * Ascending arms only from 10m
    * Surfacing and recovery breathingAdvanced Freediver Course

Advanced, level 2

The Level 2 Freediver Course will equip you with further knowledge of the mammalian dive reflex and how to initiate the best response for Freediving. You will learn new advanced equalization techniques and apnea training methods to carry you past 20 meters and develop the skills necessary to Freedive to depths up to 30 mtrs.

Day One
Theory

    * Physiology
    * Pressure and Depth
    * Mammalian Dive Reflex
    * Breathing technique
    * Deep equalization technique
    * Advanced Freediving skills
    * Freediving Safety

Confined Water Session

    * Stretching
    * Breathing revision
    * Static Apnea
    * Static Apnea training techniques
    * Static Apnea safety
    * Dynamic Apnea techniques
    * Dynamic Apnea without fins technique

Open Water Session

    * Stretching and Warming up
    * Duckdive revision
    * Frenzel equalization
    * Streamlining and orientation
    * Finning technique

Day Two
Theory

    * Lung volumes
    * Thoracic stretching
    * Warm-ups for freediving
    * Freefall/Glide phase
    * Daltons Law and Shallow Water Blackout
    * Competitions
    * Aquatic Environment
    * Training for Freediving

Open Water Session

    * Constant Weight (CWT) Freediving
    * Freefalling
    * Frenzel Equalization
    * Proper turns at depth
    * Buddy system and Freediving Safety

Day 3
Open Water Session

    * Thoracic Stretching
    * Warm-up dives
    * CWT dives
    * Frenzel Equalization practice
    * Freefalling
    * Ascending arms only from 15m
    * Ascending without mask from 15m
    * Freediving safety dives
    * Rescue of blacked out diver from 15m
    * Loss of Motor Control rescue at surface

Open Water Session

    * Warm-up dives
    * CWT dives to max 30m (min 20m)
    * Free Immersion dives

The deep dive course, add on to the Beginner and Advanced Course

The Master course is a in tatal (incl beginner and advanced) 2 week training espacially for freedivers who want to do more than just the beginner and advanced. If you wish to maximize your potential and see just how deep they can go!  Students train progressively over the duration of the course and increase both breath-hold and depth from day to day.

Aim

To give students the knowledge and skills necessary for deep freediving, and the skills and confidence to handle emergency situations.