Archive for the 'Free Diving' Category

Free Diving Gear Guide

The four fundamental pieces of free diving gear are the mask, snorkel, fins, and wetsuit. Weight may be required depending on the thickness of your wetsuit. The gear designed today is sophisticated and increases safety, comfort, and performance. Knowing your equipment, maintaining your equipment, and having faith in your equipment is essential for you to [...]

Free Diving Disciplines

Static Apnea (STA) The free diver holds his/her breath for as long as possible with his/her mouth and nose submerged. Free divers generally float face down in the water. Static apnea is the only discipline measuring the duration one can hold their breath. Performances can be done and recognized in a pool or open water [...]

Advanced Free Diver

Advanced or master free diver courses are geared to competent and comfortable free divers in safety and problem solving, proper technique, training, and equipment for advanced free diving. Competition standards and procedures are covered, as well as the psychological aspects of advanced free diving competitions. The course also covers static and dynamic apnea development and [...]

Intermediate Free Diver

Intermediate free diving courses are geared toward competent and comfortable free divers in safety and problem solving, proper technique, training, and equipment. Thorough training on the physics and physiology of free diving, as well as mental preparation is also apart of this training. The course also covers static and dynamic apnea development and training. This [...]

Basic free diver

Basic or open water free diving courses are typically two days and teach you the basics of snorkeling and free diving techniques using a mask, fins, and snorkel. Basic free diving fundamentals are taught to help the basic snorkeler to better experience the environment. Safety and buddy procedures, equipment, proper breathing, special free diving techniques [...]