Freediving is about inward power, discipline and control. If you’ve always wanted to enter the underwater world quietly, on your own terms, staying as long as your breath allows, then freediving is for you. Taking the PADI Freediver course is your first step toward discovering why freediving is becoming a popular way to explore beneath the waves.

To enroll in a PADI Freediver course you must be at least 12 years old. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with snorkeling, skin diving or freediving is required.

PADI Freediver course consists of three main phases:
Theory class - 1 session (4 hrs): 

• Knowledge development about freediving principles through independent study with PADI Freediver eLearning and face to face class.

Pool training - 2 sessions (2 hrs each): 

• To learn breathhold techniques as well as static and dynamic apnea.

Open water training - 2 sessions  (2 hrs each):

• To practice free immersion and constant weight freedives, plus proper buddy procedures. 

Requirement:

• >12yrs

• Can swim 200m non-stop without fins or 300m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel

• Good Physical Health

​Performance of Completion:

• Theory Exam

• Static Apnea (STA): 1m 30s

• Dynamic Apnea (DYN): 25m

• Static and Dynamic Apnea Rescue

• Constant Weight Apnea (CWT): 10m

• Rescues 5m+