ALL INCLUSIVE - PADI Freediver Course Open Water Sessions at Catalina Island!

Join our 2-Day Freediving Certification Course where you'll learn how to hold your breath for 90 seconds and up to 2:30 minutes, dive down to depths of 10 meters/ 33' to 15 meters /55', and master essential safety techniques for preventing and recovering from blackouts.

Your PADI Professional Freedive Instructor Trainer, Eric Martin, will guide you through proper breath ups, peak inhales, duck diving & finning techniques so you can move smoothly and effortlessly through the water.

This course is perfect for anyone who is getting into or has been freediving and wants to improve their freediving abilities and gain the confidence to explore the underwater world.

Eric limits his courses to a maximum of 4 participants per course to ensure each student gets the time they need to work through skills.

ALL-INCLUSIVE COURSE INCLUDES:

PADI Freediver Touch (eLearning)
All Necessary Rental Equipment
Any Applicable Pool Fees
Transportation to and from Catalina Island!
Lunch at Catalina Island!
PADI Certification eCard

COURSE GOALS:

90 Second - 2:30 Minute Breath Holds
10M/33FT - 16M/55FT Constant Weight Dives
Loss oF Motor Control (LMC) Prevention & Recovery Techniques
Blackout Prevention & Recovery Techniques
Proper Finning Techniques
Proper Diving Techniques

Questions? Call us: 949-535-4585

DESCRIPTION

Freediving is about inward power, discipline & 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, but is recommended.

We do recommend coming into the shop before your pool session to get fitted for a mask, snorkel & fins to take into the ocean to get familiar with gear to get the most out of the course.

Before Pool Session - eLearning & Forms

Saturday - Pool Sessions - Location TBD

Sunday - Ocean Sessions at Catalina Island!

Younger than 12?

10 year olds and older can enroll in the PADI Basic Freediver Course (Pool Only)

ACADEMIC

The PADI Freediver Course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge development about freediving principles through independent study with the PADI Freediver Touch™
Confined water session to learn breath-hold techniques as well as static and dynamic apnea. Goal – static apnea of 90 seconds - 3 minutes and dynamic apnea of 25 meters/80 feet.
Open water sessions to practice free immersion and constant weight freedives', plus proper buddy procedures. Goal – constant weight freedive of 10 meters/33 feet to 15 meters/55 feet.

AFTER THE COURSE

Once you have successfully completed the course your instructor will treat you to lunch at a local Catalina Island restaurant.

EQUIPMENT

In the PADI Freediver Course, you learn to use a Mask, Snorkel, Long Blade Fins, 2-Piece Freedive Wetsuit and Weight Belt.

Full Set of Rental Equipment is included during the course, but we do recommend considering visiting one of our physical locations (San Clemente or Dana Point) to get properly fitted for your own mask, snorkel & fins which can be done when you pick up any other rental gear you need for the course.

To Be Determined

SEMI-PRIVATE

Requires a minimum of two participants for the same date.

PRIVATE

One on one instruction - Personalize your course just for you!