Freediving Competitions

Local Competitions
iHound Pool Challenge - AIDA Freediving Competition

22nd AUGUST
CAPE TOWN, Strand Pool

FREEDIVE CAPE TOWN in conjunction with www.iHound.co.za is organizing an indoor freediving competition for static and dynamic apnea disciplines.
The static apnea discipline will be in the morning and dynamic apnea disciplines (with or without fins) will be in the afternoon.
The competition will have AIDA ranking status, which means that it is an official AIDA competition and that it is possible to break national records.
Training/coaching sessions and pool courses prior the competition are available from the beginning of August in Cape Town.
On Saturday the 21st we will run a warm-up competition to get comfortable with the most important competition rules and procedures.
Participants who want to be included in the AIDA rankings will need to present their ID and medical certificate stating “fit for freediving” at the registration. They must also be members of a national AIDA (you can do this directly at the registration). If AIDA ranking is not important to you then none of this is necessary.

Competition fee: R200
Fee for the warm up competition on the 21st: R120
Coaching sessions: R200 per hour
For information, contact Linda at 072 259 8188

International Competitions

Triple Depth
Freedive Dahab, the sister school of Freedive Cape Town, has been running the Triple Depth competition since 2005. The Triple Depth has had some of the top freedivers in the world compete in it and every year numerous national records are broken during this competition. This competition is usually run towards the end of the year in the months of August or September and includes three depth disciplines FIM, CWT and CNF. For more information on this competition please visit the Triple Depth blog or contact us for details.

Freedive Dahab Mini-Comps
Freedive Dahab runs several smaller competitions throughout the year at the world famous Blue Hole. These competitions give athletes the opportunity to gain competition experience and set AIDA sanctioned records. For more information on these competitions please visit the Freedive Dahab website or contact us for details.

AIDA Competitions
There are numerous international AIDA competitions throughout the year. To find out more about these, please visit AIDA’s website. There is also information on the Team and Individual World Championships.

South African AIDA Sanctioned Records

Men

Static: 7'08" - Bevan Dewar, Unknown
Dynamic No Fins (DNF): 89m - Roger Horrocks, Cape Town 2007
Dynamic (DYN): Unknown
Free Immersion (FIM): 72m - Trevor Hutton, Unknown
Constant Weigh No Fins (CNF): 46m - Trevor Hutton, Eilat 2001
Constant Weight (CWT): 85m - Bevan Dewar, Dahab 2004
No Limits: None

Women

Static: 5'39" - Hanli Prinsloo, Nordic Deep 2008
Dynamic No Fins (DNF): 126m - Hanli Prinsloo, Nordic Deep 2008
Dynamic (DYN): 150m - Hanli Prinsloo, Nordic Deep 2008
Free Immersion (FIM): 50m - Hanli Prinsloo, Nordic Deep 2008
Constant Weigh No Fins (CNF): 40m Helen Garner, Dahab
Constant Weight (CWT): 60m - Helen Garner, Dahab
No Limits: None