Freediving Courses

All prices include certification and entry to pool / quarry.

Beginner Courses
AIDA ** (2 Star)
Duration: 2.5 Days
Description: This course is suitable for beginners who wish to learn the basic techniques and theory of freediving.
The course includes:
- Three theory sessions in which you will learn all the basic freediving physiology, equalisation techniques, breathing and relaxation techniques and freediving safety.
- A breath holding session during which you will apply the breathing and relaxation techniques and be able to easily improve your breath holding ability.
- A dynamic apnea session during which you will learn how to hold your breath and move efficiently underwater.
- Three open water sessions during which you will learn how to perform a good duck dive, apply the equalisation techniques, perform safety dives and easily dive to a depth of 16 to 20 meters underwater.
Cost: R1750
Prerequisites: 18 years

Advanced Courses
AIDA *** (3 Star)
Duration: 3 Days
Description: This is an advanced course for freedivers who want to learn more advanced techniques and a deeper physiology of freediving, and enable themselves to dive safely to depths of 25 to 30 meters.
The course includes:
- Three theory sessions during which you will learn about the history of freediving, training concepts, advanced physiology of freediving and freediving fitness and ethics.
- Two pool sessions during which you will practice CO2 and O2 training tables, learn training concepts for static and dynamic and how to prepare for a maximum attempt.
- Four open water sessions during which you will refine your swimming technique and streamlining, you will learn how to freefall efficiently and how to equalise using the Frenzel technique. We will also practice more rescue scenarios. At the end of the course you will be able to dive safely to depths of 25-30 meters.
Cost: R2100
Prerequisites: AIDA ** (or equivalent), 18 years

Deep Diving Courses
AIDA **** (4 Star)
Duration: 4 Days
Description: This is the deep diving course during which you will learn all the deep equalisation techniques and learn how to dive on exhale safely.
The course includes:
- One stretching session covering full body stretching and lung stretching.
- Two pool sessions during which you train packing, stretching, coaching, and how to put together an individual pool training session.
- Five open water sessions during which the main focus is exhale diving and mouthfill equalizing. We will also practice variable weight dives. At the end of the course you will be able to dive comfortably to depths of 32/40m.
-Three Theory sessions during which we go deep into all the theory regarding deep diving and deep equalisation techniques.
Cost: R3200
Prerequisites: AIDA *** (or equivalent), 18 years

Training Days
Individual or Group Training
Duration: 1 Day
Description:During the training sessions, your instructor will be your trainer, giving you suggestions, tips and safety during the diving sessions. Training sessions are done in the swimming pool where we train static and dynamic apnea and in the quarry where the main focus is usually on CWT, but we can also help you with CNF techniques. We will focus on what you want and what you need.
Cost: R200 per session (if at least 2 people, excl. access to pool/quarry)
Prerequisites: You should know the basics of freediving before you join any freediving training. If you are a complete beginner, you should attend a beginner course before joining training sessions/events.

Applied Freediving Courses
Spearfisherman Technique Course
Duration: 1 Day
Description: This 1 day pool course is aimed to spearfishermen who want to extend their bottom times while hunting and improve their efficiency while swimming.
Most spearfishermen are self taught, which means they buy a gun and they try to figure out how to hunt for fish and how to freedive at the same time. Most of the times they spend a lot of energy to get to depth since they have little knowledge about streamlining, finning technique, duck diving and in general how to move efficiently while submerged. Often they counterbalance this by adding too much lead to their weight belts, which results in a very hard ascent. In addition to this, they have little awareness of their own breathing efficiency and capacity and how to use the breathing to relax and therefore have short bottom times.
During this course you will learn:
-how to breathe correctly before a dive and how to take an efficient last breath.
-how to hold your breath comfortably, safely, and extend your bottom times.
-how to gauge recovery (surface) times in between dives.
-how to do efficient duck dives in order to start the dive in the easiest way.
-how to fin correctly underwater in order to cover a bigger distance with less energy
Content:
-2 pool sessions
-1 theory session
Cost: R700 (excl. access to the pool)

Instructor Courses
AIDA Instructor Course
Duration: 14-21 Days (Depending on number of students. Maximum 8)
Description: This is a course for those who want to start working as professional freediving instructors.
On this course you will learn about the theory of teaching and you will get lots of practice teaching students in the classroom, pool and open water. You will learn about planning and running dive sessions and also get some business advice on how to market and price your courses. We will make sure that you will deal with plenty of realistic scenarios so that you are ready for whatever issues your students might have during real courses. The aim is for you to leave this course confident and fully prepared to teach.
Cost: R9000
Prerequisites: AIDA **** (or equivalent), First Aid/CPR course, 18 years