Combo Course AIDA

COMBO COURSE

FROM BEGINNER TO FREEDIVER IN ONE WEEK

What will you learn?

Combining the Beginner and the Freediver course, with a total length of 6 days, the Combo Course provides a perfect opportunity for students who want to start and immediately progress to freedive deeper.

It consists of three main phases:

  • Knowledge development about fundamental and advanced freediving skills and techniques needed for deeper diving.
  • Confined water sessions to learn and refine breath hold techniques as well as static and dynamic apnea.
  • Open water sessions to practice free immersion, Frenzel equalization and constant weight freedives along with buoyancy control and Freefall, as well as buddy procedures and rescue techniques. 

By the end of the course you will be able to perform a 2 minutes 45 seconds breath-hold, swim 55 meters underwater with fins and dive comfortably between 20 and 30 meters depth.

Course materials

Upon course registration we will send you the course materials in digital format.

Equipment included

During the course, you will get all the equipment needed for your course.

Certification card

After successful course completion you will receive a digital certification card.

Diving insurance

Diving insurance is included in the course price.

The divesite is located less than 10min drive with our RIB from the centre. Our facilities offer warm showers, changing room & lockers, so we can arrive to the divesite prepared and ready to jump in the water.

Course Schedule

2:00 PM Welcome Meeting

After meeting your instructor you will sign the required paperwork in order to start the course.

2:15 PM Theory Session

Academic session (freediving equipment, physiology of freediving, skills).

4:00 PM Breath-hold Session

Relaxation and breath-hold practice in the classroom.

5:00 PM Confined Water Session

Static apnea practice (relaxation, breath-hold, urge to breathe, recovery breathing). Dynamic apnea practice (neutral buoyancy, entry, finning technique, turn). Rescue procedures.

7:00 PM Debrief
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Setting surface buoyancy. Practice equalization with free immersion. Constant weight finning and body position to a depth of 10 meters.
12:00 PM Lunch Break
3:00 PM Theory Session
Academic session (mammalian diving reflex, freediving skills, rescue procedures, underwater environment).
5:00 PM Debrief
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Practice constant weight, buddy and rescue procedures.
10:30 AM Open Water Session
Practice constant weight.
12:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM Theory Session & Course Debrief
Final theory exam for AIDA Level 2 and course completion paperwork.
3:15 PM Theory Session
Academic session (Advanced Freediving Equipment and Physiology, Breathing for Freediving Revision, Advanced Equalization Techniques).
6:00 PM Debrief
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Warm-Ups, Equalization – Frenzel Technique
12:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM Theory Session
Academic session (Buoyancy, The Lungs and the Residual Volume, Effects of Pressure on the Lungs and Chest, Advanced Knowledge of Pressure).
3:30 PM Confined Water Session
Warm-Ups, Static Apnea, Loss of Motor Control Rescue, Buddy System Procedure for  Static Apnea & Dynamic, Dynamic Dive, Dynamic Blackout Rescue
6:00 PM Debrief
8:00 AM Stretching Session
Thoracic Stretching
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Neutral Buoyancy, Free-Falling, Constant Weight Dive
10:30 AM Open Water Session
Free-Falling, Constant Weight Dive, Buddy System Procedure, Blackout Rescue, Towing
13:00 PM Debrief
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Warm-Ups, Constant Weight Dive with Frenzel and Free Fall, Ascent without a Mask, Arms-Only Ascent
12:00 PM Lunch Break
3:00 PM Theory Session
Academic Sessions (Buddy System, Freediving Safety, Breath-Hold Training, Warm-Up and Preparation for Freediving, Competitive Freediving as a Sport)
5:00 PM Course Debrief
Final theory exam for AIDA Level 3 and course completion paperwork.
* Course schedule may vary depending on the boat departure times.

€620/person

Before booking, please read our regulations and safety measures.

What will you learn?

Combining the Beginner and the Freediver course, with a total length of 6 days, the Combo Course provides a perfect opportunity for students who want to start and immediately progress to freedive deeper.

It consists of three main phases:

  • Knowledge development about fundamental and advanced freediving skills and techniques needed for deeper diving.
  • Confined water sessions to learn and refine breath hold techniques as well as static and dynamic apnea.
  • Open water sessions to practice free immersion, Frenzel equalization and constant weight freedives along with buoyancy control and Freefall, as well as buddy procedures and rescue techniques. 

By the end of the course you will be able to perform a 2 minutes 45 seconds breath-hold, swim 55 meters underwater with fins and dive comfortably between 20 and 30 meters depth.

Course materials

Upon course registration we will send you the course materials in digital format

Equipment included

During the course, you will get all the equipment needed for your course.

Certification card

After successful course completion you will receive a digital certification card.

Diving insurance

Diving insurance is included in the course price.

The divesite is located less than 10min drive with our RIB from the centre. Our facilities offer warm showers, changing room & lockers, so we can arrive to the divesite prepared and ready to jump in the water.

Course Schedule

2:00 PM Welcome Meeting

After meeting your instructor you will sign the required paperwork in order to start the course.

2:15 PM Theory Session

Academic session (freediving equipment, physiology of freediving, skills).

4:00 PM Breath-hold Session

Relaxation and breath-hold practice in the classroom.

5:00 PM Confined Water Session

Static apnea practice (relaxation, breath-hold, urge to breathe, recovery breathing). Dynamic apnea practice (neutral buoyancy, entry, finning technique, turn). Rescue procedures.

7:00 PM Debrief
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Setting surface buoyancy. Practice equalization with free immersion. Constant weight finning and body position to a depth of 10 meters.
12:00 PM Lunch Break
3:00 PM Theory Session
Academic session (mammalian diving reflex, freediving skills, rescue procedures, underwater environment).
5:00 PM Debrief
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Practice constant weight, buddy and rescue procedures.
10:30 AM Open Water Session
Practice constant weight.
12:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM Theory Session & Course Debrief
Final theory exam for AIDA Level 2 and course completion paperwork.
3:15 PM Theory Session
Academic session (Advanced Freediving Equipment and Physiology, Breathing for Freediving Revision, Advanced Equalization Techniques).
6:00 PM Debrief
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Warm-Ups, Equalization – Frenzel Technique
12:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM Theory Session
Academic session (Buoyancy, The Lungs and the Residual Volume, Effects of Pressure on the Lungs and Chest, Advanced Knowledge of Pressure).
3:30 PM Confined Water Session
Warm-Ups, Static Apnea, Loss of Motor Control Rescue, Buddy System Procedure for  Static Apnea & Dynamic, Dynamic Dive, Dynamic Blackout Rescue
6:00 PM Debrief
8:00 AM Stretching Session
Thoracic Stretching
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Neutral Buoyancy, Free-Falling, Constant Weight Dive
10:30 AM Open Water Session
Free-Falling, Constant Weight Dive, Buddy System Procedure, Blackout Rescue, Towing
13:00 PM Debrief
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Warm-Ups, Constant Weight Dive with Frenzel and Free Fall, Ascent without a Mask, Arms-Only Ascent
12:00 PM Lunch Break
3:00 PM Theory Session
Academic Sessions (Buddy System, Freediving Safety, Breath-Hold Training, Warm-Up and Preparation for Freediving, Competitive Freediving as a Sport)
5:00 PM Course Debrief
Final theory exam for AIDA Level 3 and course completion paperwork.
* Course schedule may vary depending on the boat departure times.
Before booking, please read our regulations and safety measures.
Payment Options

We accept online payment in the methods below, as well as cash or card payment in person.

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