COMBO COURSE

FROM FREEDIVER TO ADVANCED IN ONE WEEK

€700/person

* Before booking, please read our regulations and safety measures.

Course Highlights

6 Days
Min. 18 years
12-30 meters
5x Theory Session
7x Open Water Session
4x Confined Water Session
1x Relaxation & Breath-hold Session
1x Stretching Session

What will you learn?

Discover the freedom of the deep.

Transform from a curious explorer with no experience into a confident, certified freediver in just 6 days with the Molchanovs Wave 1 & 2 Combo Course.

Unlock your potential to safely freedive up to 30m under the guidance of an experienced instructor.

This immersive combo course consists of three main parts:

Knowledge Development sessions – Learn the fundamentals of freediving, including principles, techniques, and safety procedures. Then dive deeper into the physics and physiology of freediving, and master advanced equalization techniques.
Confined Water sessions – Practice Static apnea and Dynamic apnea dives in the pool. Refine your skills and build confidence in a controlled environment, and safety and rescue procedures to ensure safe dives for you and your dive buddy.
Open Water sessions – Take your newfound skills out to sea with Constant Weight Bi-fins (CWTB), Free Immersion (FIM), and Constant Weight No-Fins (CNF) dives. You will also master safety and rescue procedures.

Upon successful completion, you will receive both Molchanovs Wave 1 Beginner Freediver and Wave 2 Advanced Freediver certifications, empowering you to explore the underwater world with confidence and skill.

You will also have access to the Molchanovs Dashboard platform with weekly Base Training workouts to continue your freediving journey.

Embrace the journey from beginner to advanced freediver and unlock a world of endless blue with the Molchanovs Combo Course. Take the plunge today!

Completion Requirements

By the end of the course you will be able to perform a breath-hold of 2min 30sec; swim an underwater distance of 50m with fins, and 35m without fins in the pool; and dive to depth comfortably 24-30m with fins, and 15m without fins. You will also learn to be a competent safety buddy and perform a rescue from 15m.

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.

Course Schedule

Day 1

1:00pm Welcome

You meet your instructor and sign the required paperwork in order to start the course.

1:15pm Wave 1 Theory Session 1

Physics of freediving. Physiology of freediving. Breathing and relaxation. Equalising for freediving. Freediving technique.

3:00pm Breath-hold Session

Relaxation and breath-hold practice.

4:00pm Wave 1 Confined Water Session 1

Static Apnea practice – Relaxation, Breath-hold, Recovery. Buddying. Rescue procedures.

5:30pm Wave 1 Confined Water Session 2

Dynamic Apnea practice – Neutral buoyancy, Entry, Dynamic Bi-fins (DYNB) finning technique, Turn, Introduce and practice Dynamic No-Fins (DNF) technique. Buddying. Rescue procedures.

7:00pm Debrief

Day 2

8:30am Wave 1 Open Water Session 1

Setting surface buoyancy. Use of lanyard. Practice equalization with Free Immersion (FIM). Constant Weight dive to a depth of 12m (39ft).

12:00pm Lunch Break

3:00pm Wave 1 Theory Session 2

Mammalian diving reflex, Freediving skills, Introduction to Molchanovs Base Training, Potential trauma, Safety and Rescue.

5:00pm Debrief

Day 3

8:30am Wave 1 Open Water Session 2

Practice Constant Weight, Buddy and Rescue procedures.

10:30am Wave 1 Open Water Session 3

Practice Constant Weight.

12:00pm Lunch Break

2:00pm Wave 1 Final Exam & Course Debrief

Wave 1 final theory exam and Wave 1 course completion paperwork.

3:15pm Wave 2 Theory Session 1

Advanced physics in freediving (Buoyancy, Advanced knowledge of pressure). Advanced and physiology in freediving (Lungs and residual volume, Effects of pressure on the lungs and chest). Breathing and relaxation revision. Advanced equalization techniques.

6:00pm Debrief

Day 4

8:30am Wave 2 Open Water Session 1

Neutral buoyancy check. Warm ups. Equalisation (Frenzel). Freefall. Free Immersion (FIM) and Constant Weight Bi-fins (CWTB) dives to 20m. Buddying.

12:00pm Lunch Break

2:00pm Wave 2 Theory Session 2

Diving techniques. Mental techniques. Base Training. Barotrauma. Safety and Rescue. Advanced freediving equipment.

3:00pm Wave 2 Confined Water Session 1

Static Apnea practice – Breath-hold 2min 30sec. Buddying. Rescue procedures.

4:30pm Wave 2 Confined Water Session 2

Dynamic Apnea practice – Dynamic Bifin (DYNB) dive to 50m. Dynamic No-Fin (DNF) dive to 35m. Introduce and practice Monofin technique. Buddying. Rescue procedures.