COURSES

Monterey, California USA

Location Info

Classroom and Pool Sessions

CSUMB Aquatic Center Building: 90/100 100 Campus Center Seaside , CA 93955 Phone: (831) 582 3010/4552

Click here for CSUMB Map / Directions (Click here to download directions)

From Southbound 101 (San José/Gilroy)

1. Follow Highway 101 south toward Salinas .
2. Merge onto Highway 156 west toward the Monterey Peninsula .
3. Highway 156 becomes Highway 1 south.
4. Take the CSU Monterey Bay/Fort Ord Main Entrance exit. You will circle back over the highway onto Light Fighter Drive .
5. At the third traffic signal, turn left onto Gen Jim Moore Blvd.
6. Follow the signs and banners to your desired campus location.

From Northbound 101 (San Luis Obispo/King City)

1. Follow Highway 101 north to Salinas .
2. Take the Monterey Peninsula exit ( Sanborn Road ). At the stop sign, turn right to go back under the highway.
3. Sanborn Road will bend to the right and become Blanco Road .
4. Remain on Blanco Road until it bends to the left and ends at a traffic light.
5. At the light, turn right to merge onto Reservation Road .
6. Turn left at the second traffic signal onto Imjin Road .
7. Turn left again at the next traffic signal onto Abrams Drive .
8. Wind through the CSUMB Housing area, then, when the road ends, turn right onto Inter-Garrison Road .
9. Follow the signs and banners to your desired campus location.

From Northbound Highway 1 (Monterey Peninsula/Seaside)

1. Follow Highway 1 north.
2. Take the CSU Monterey Bay/Fort Ord Main Entrance exit.
3. At the third traffic signal, turn left onto Gen Jim Moore Blvd.
4. Follow the signs and banners to your desired campus location.

From Southbound Highway 1 (Santa Cruz/Moss Landing)

1. Follow Highway 1 south.
2. Take the CSU Monterey Bay/Fort Ord Main Entrance exit. You will circle back over the highway onto Light Fighter Drive .
3. At the third traffic signal, turn left onto Gen Jim Moore Blvd.
4. Follow the signs and banners to your desired campus location.

Open Water Sessions

" Cypress Sea ", Yellow Dock on Wharf II, Monterey Municipal Wharf . Figueroa Street off Del Monte Avenue . To get to the boat, take Hwy 1 south to Del Monte into Monterey , Take a right on Figueroa (before the tunnel), Go 2/3rds the way down the dock, on the left.

A charter boat fee of $55-75US (depending on group size) will be due each open water session day to cover boat charter expenses.  This may be paid directly to the boat charter company or to Performance Freediving International and will be explained on the first day.

Nearby Hotels/Motels

Monterey is a tourist town, so the hotels can be a bit on the expensive side. However, its neighbor Seaside has more reasonably priced hotels & motels.

• For hotel information in the Seaside area check out this Google search.
• For hotel information in Monterey check out this Google search.

Equipment Requirements

• Mask, fins and snorkel - Preferably low volume mask and long blade fins or mono fin.
• Wetsuit with gloves and boots - 5mm-7mm (7mm preferred) freediving suit 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. 

Clinic Schedule

The following schedule is subject to change. The final schedule will be emailed to those who have registered one to two weeks before the start of the clinic.

Intermediate Freediver, Monterey, CA

Saturday, DAY ONE

8:00am - 10:00am Classroom CSUMB Aquatic Center

• Introduction
• Registration
• Emergency Procedures
• Proper Ventilation's

10:30am - 12:00pm Pool session CSUMB Aquatic Center

• Rescue Skills
• Static Apnea Development
• Technique Evaluation / Development

1:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom CSUMB Aquatic Center

• Equipment
• Physics of Freediving

4:00pm - 5:30pm Pool session CSUMB Aquatic Center

• Static Apnea Development
• Rescue Skills
• Technique Evaluation / Development

Sunday, DAY TWO

8:00am - 10:00am Classroom CSUMB Aquatic Center

• Physiology of Freediving

10:30am - 12:00pm Pool session CSUMB Aquatic Center

• Static Apnea Development
• Technique Evaluation / Development

1:30pm - 5:00pm Open Water Monterey Municipal Wharf

• Warm-ups
• Free Immersion / Buoyancy Check
• Technique Development
• Rescue Evaluations / Scenarios

Monday, DAY THREE

8:00am - 12:00pm Classroom CSUMB Aquatic Center

• Physiology of Freediving
• Psychology of Freediving

1:30pm - 5:00pm Open Water Monterey Municipal Wharf

• Warm-ups
• Technique Development
• Rescue Scenarios

Tuesday, DAY FOUR

8:00am - 12:30pm Open Water Monterey Municipal Wharf

• Warm-ups
• Technique Development
• Rescue Scenarios

1:00pm - 3:00pm Class/Social TBA

• Training Techniques of Freediving
• Course wrap-up
• Celebration

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