COMBO COURSE
FROM FREEDIVER TO ADVANCED IN ONE WEEK
Course Highlights
- 7 Days
- Min. 16 years
- 10-30 meters
- 7x Theory Session
- 7x Open Water Session
- 4x Confined Water Session
- 1x Relaxation & Breath-hold Session
- 1x Stretching Session
What will you learn?
Combining the Freediver and Advanced course, with a total length of 7 days, 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 30 seconds breath-hold, swim 50 meters underwater with fins and dive comfortably between 20 and 30 meters depth.
Course materials
Upon course registration we will send you course materials in a 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.
See also Regulations and safety measures.
Course Schedule
Day 1
2:00 PM Welcome Meeting
After meeting with 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
Day 2
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
Day 3
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 and course completion paperwork for L1.
3:15 PM Theory Session
Academic session (Advanced Freediving Equipment and Physiology, Breathing for Freediving Revision, Advanced Equalization Techniques).
6:00 PM Debrief
Day 4
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Practice 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
Day 5
8:00 AM Stretching Session
Thoracic Stretching
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Neutral Buoyancy, Free-Falling, Constant Weight Dive, Towing
12:00 PM Debrief
Day 6
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Warm-Ups, Buddy System Procedure, Constant Weight Dive with Frenzel and Free Fall, 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 Debrief
Day 7
8:30 AM Open Water Session
Warm-Ups, Buddy System Procedure, Constant Weight Dive with Frenzel and Free Fall, Ascent without a Mask, Blackout Rescue
12:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM Theory Session & Course Debrief
Final theory exam and course completion paperwork for L2.
* Course schedule may vary depending on the boat departure times.
Course Highlights
- 7 Days
- Min. 16 years
- 10-30 meters
- 7x Theory Session
- 7x Open Water Session
- 4x Confined Water Session
- 1x Relaxation & Breath-hold Session
- 1x Stretching Session
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Payment options
We accept online payment in the methods below, as well as cash or card payment in person.
Have a Question?
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Keep Diving, Keep Growing!
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