Interested in learning to freedive?

We freedive offer courses for the absolute beginner through to specialised and personalised training for world-class divers. Our courses are conducted to fully comply with the standards of the International Association for the Development of Apnea, AIDA or the Apnea Academy, but You may well find some more in our courses than these agencies deem enough.

Given our backgrounds, a We freedive course will contain more than AIDA or Apnea Academy require for their respective certification levels. As our student, you will benefit from our many years of experience and get the best of everything that we have learned - from in-water relaxation techniques applied by some of the most prominent freedivers to the most efficient training schedules, specifically designed for you. We also offer students video analysis throughout our courses and training, this has already proved to be a powerful teaching tool in improving techniques.  

AIDA Courses

AIDA *

The AIDA * course takes place over one day and is for the complete beginner, for anyone who wishes to learn the very basics. It is aimed to develop basic freediving skills, knowledge and safety procedures,  giving you an insight into the fascinating world of freediving. Taking the AIDA * will make you a more relaxed snorkeler and might just make your SCUBA dives a little bit longer and more enjoyable.

AIDA **

The AIDA ** is a foundation course and takes place over 3 days and includes two theory sessions, one confined water session and three open water sessions. It is designed to be a freediving beginners course for students who are already confident and happy in the water. This course develops the student's knowledge, skills and safety as well as introducing the sport of freediving with some of the freediving disciplines: static apnea (STA), dynamic apnea (DYN), free immersion (FIM) and constant weight (CWT).

AIDA ***

The AIDA *** is a more advanced course run over four days and builds on the skills learnt from the **. The course is designed to develop new skills and greater knowledge going into some more depth and introducing the mammalian dive response, the effects of increasing and decreasing pressure and how to minimize any incurring risks. More safety procedures, training and relaxation techniques and new techniques for freediving are trained, such as free falling and training tables. In its essence, our AIDA *** course teaches a freediver how to train in an effective, efficient and safe way and to better understand what a certain training method will do and how it can or should be employed for the desired improvement.

AIDA ****

The AIDA ****, also known as the Master Freediver is an expert course. It builds on the skills learnt in the *** course and takes the freediver to a whole new level of understanding. The **** introduces expert knowledge, and advanced techniques that are often used for competitive freediving. A certified AIDA **** freediver is not only considered a master freediver, but may also act as assistant instructor in AIDA courses. The AIDA **** course content is scheduled to be a five day course. It is a good choice to allow a couple of days by the end of it, as it is a quite demanding course and likely take a bit of extra training on the specifics until the qualification is actually achieved.

AIDA Competition Freediver

The Competition Freediver course can be taken after achieving the AIDA ** qualification. This one day course is for those who got the bug and want to test their skills in national or international competitions. While getting some more training with our experienced instructors, you will be trained by an AIDA judge for the perfect knowledge and compliance with the AIDA competition rules and we will also open our box of tips and tricks that make life in competitions easier. Let's see what you can do!

AIDA Competition Safety Freediver and AIDA Competition Deep Safety Freediver

The one day Safety Freediver course prepares AIDA ** and above qualified freedivers for the safety procedures and rules in competitions, so you can actively participate as a safety diver in national and international competitions.

AIDA Monofin Freediver

The Monofin freediver course is for AIDA ** and above qualified freedivers to gain knowldge of the technique and skills involved with using a monofin. Students learn to use good technique through development of a training programme and exercises. This is a one day course.

Apnea Academy events 

Apnea Academy Level 1-3 Freediver courses

The level 1 freediver is an intensive week of education and training, on dry land and in the sea - and it just starts from there. More comprehensive, more work, and a brilliant experience altogether.  Available for two or more students. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more details and available dates.

Personalized training

For certified freedivers we offer personalized training. It's always great to have a challenge. Tell us what you want to work on, and we will be focusing on your needs. For a day or for a month, whatever your goal may be.