Newport Beach , California USA

Location Info

Classroom and Pool Sessions

• Central Orange Coast YMCA, 2300 University Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: 949-642-9990 (website with map)

Open Water Sessions

• For the open water training the group will be heading over to Catalina Island. The first one or two sessions will be from shore at Casino point the remainder of the sessions will be an offshore trip on the boat King Neptune.

• In Catalina you will be staying at the Atwater Hotel in Avalon (Booked through PFI) - 125 Sumner Avenue Santa Catalina Island CA. Students will share a room with 2 double beds.

• Please note that the extra fees for boat training, hotel on Catalina and round trip ferry ride usually come to about $250. This will need to be paid to PFI via cash on the Sunday of the course.

Nearby Hotels/Motels

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Equipment Requirements

• Mask, fins and snorkel - Preferably low volume mask and long blade fins or mono fin.
• Wetsuit with gloves and boots - 5mm freediving suit is required for pool and ocean sessions.  Good freediving suit with attached hood is perfect. You will also need socks and gloves of at least 3mm in thickness.
• 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. If you are doing the Basic clinic then you will take part in the first two days.

DAY ONE - Saturday

8:00am - 11:00pm Classroom - YMCA

• Introduction & Registration
• Emergency Procedures
• Proper Ventilations

12:00am - 3:00pm Pool session - YMCA

• Rescue Skills
• Technique Evaluation.
• Break
• Technique Development
• Static Apnea Development

4:00pm - 6:00pm Classroom - YMCA

• Equipment
• Proper Breathiong Techniques

DAY TWO - Sunday  

8:00am - 10:00am Class session - YMCA

• Physics of Freediving
• Land Based Training Exercises

11:00am - 1:00pm YMCA

• Pool Training Exercises
• Static Apnea Development
• Technique Development  

1:00pm - 5:00pm Open Water Catalina Island - Avalon

*sometimes the ocean session will take place on Monday instead of Sunday please take note of this is doign teh basic Freediver course.

• Travel to Catalina Island
• Warm-ups
• Free Immersion
• Rescue Evaluations
• Technique Development

DAY THREE - Monday

9:00am - 1:00pm Classroom - Avalon

• Physiology of Freediving
• Psychological Aspects of Freediving  

2:30pm - 4:30pm Open Water Catalina Island - Avalon

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

DAY FOUR - Tuesday

8:00am - 12:00pm Open Water Catalina Island - Avalon

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

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

• Training Schedule Development
• Class wrap-up
• Travel Back to LA

See our course schedule to register.

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