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Kona, Hawaii USA

Location Info

Upcoming Kona Course Dates
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Feb 16-17 Feb 16-19 August 2-7
August 2-3 August 2-5  

Classroom and Pool Sessions

Open Water Sessions

  • For the open water training, we'll be diving from shore at the City of Refuge which is located about a 30min from Kona. Directions will be given at the start of the course.

Nearby Hotels/Motels

  • There are many hotel options in the Kona area. Web sites such as Expedia.com can help you find one in your price range. Some of the closer hotels are the Kona Islander, Uncle Billy's, and Royal Kona Resort.

Equipment Requirements

  • Mask, fins and snorkel - Preferably low volume mask and long blade fins or mono fin.
  • Wetsuit with gloves and boots - 3mm freediving suit is required for pool and ocean sessions.  Good freediving suit with attached hood is perfect.
  • Weights and weight belt - Having an assortment of smaller weights to adjust for proper buoyancy is a must.
  • Depth and/or timing device - A waterproof watch at the very least, better yet a freediving computer is perfect.

Check out general gear recommendations.

Don't worry about lines, floats and those sorts of things, we'll bring that.  We also travel with an assortment of freediving computers for you to try out as well.  Along with all of this we'll video your clinic so you can review each day, your skills in the water as they improve. 

Fun Things to do in Kona

If you are in Kona before the course or after the course and want to get out Freediving or whale watching/dolphin watching then contact Mele Nai'a Dolphin Excursions. Mele Nai'i is owned and operated by past PFI Instructor and PFI co-founder Brett LeMaster.

Clinic Schedule

The following schedule is subject to change. If you are doing the Basic clinic then you will take part in the first two days. The course starts at 8am sharp, Sat morning. Full course payment is due at this time.

DAY ONE - Saturday

8:00am - 10:00pm Classroom - Jack's Diving Locker

  • Introduction & Registration
  • Emergency Procedures

10:30pm - 3:00pm Classroom Jacks Diving Locker

  • Equipment
  • Breathing / Proper Ventilation's
  • Physics of Freediving

3:00pm - 6:00pm Pool session Jacks Diving Locker

  • Rescue Skills
  • Technique Development
  • Static and Dynamic Evaluation

7:00pm - 9:00pm Clinic Social Restaurant TBA - Optional

DAY TWO - Sunday  

8:00am - 10:00am Classroom Jacks Diving Locker

  • Psychological Aspects of Freediving
  • Land Based Training Exercises

10:30am - 12:00pm Pool session Jacks Diving Locker

  • Pool Training Exercises
  • Static and Dynamic Performance

1:00pm - 5:00pm Open Water - City of Refuge

  • Warm-ups
  • Free Immersion
  • Rescue Evaluations
  • Technique Development

DAY THREE - Monday

8:00am - 12:00pm Classroom - Jacks Diving Locker

  • Physiology of Freediving
  • Psychological Aspects of Freediving  

1:00pm - 5:00pm Open Water - City of Refuge

  • Warm-ups
  • Free Immersion
  • Rescue Evaluations
  • Technique Development

DAY FOUR - Tuesday

8:00am - 12:00pm Open Water - City of Refuge

  • Warm-ups
  • Free Immersion
  • Rescue Evaluations
  • Technique Development

1:00pm - 3:00pm Wrap up session

  • Training Schedule Development
  • Class wrap-up

See our course schedule to register.

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