San Diego, California USA

Upcoming Courses

Location Info

Classroom and Pool Sessions

TBA

Open Water Sessions

We will be using Waterhourse Charters for the ocean sessions on days  3 and 4 of the course. The cost of the boat is about $315 (depending on amount of students).  We will be doing two dives on teh Monday and one dive on Tuesday morning.

Waterhorse Charters
1617 Quivira Road, Suite B
San Diego, CA 92109

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. If your hood is not attached please bring a separate one.
  • Weights and weight belt – Having a rubber weight belt with an assortment of smaller weights to adjust for proper buoyancy.
  • Depth and/or timing device – A waterproof watch at the very least, better yet a freediving computer is perfect.

Check out general gear recommendations.

Clinic Schedule

The following schedule is subject to change. The course starts at 8am sharp. Full course payment is due at this time.

Day 1

8:00am – 11:00am: Classroom
Introduction & Registration
Emergency Procedures
Equipment
12:00pm-2:30pm Classroom
Breathing / Proper Ventilations
Physics of Freediving

3:00am – 6:00pm: Pool session (3 hrs)
Rescue Skills
Technique Development
Static

Day 2

8:00am – 10:00am: Pool Session
Training Exercises – stretching/yoga
Static PerformanceClassroom
11:0am – 1:00pm: Class Session
Psychological Aspects of Freediving

Physiology of Freediving
Psychological Aspects of Freediving
Land-Based Training Exercises and Pool

Day 3

8:00am – 4:00pm: Boat
Warm-ups
Free Immersion
Rescue Evaluations
Technique Development

Day 4

8:00am – 12:00pm: Open Water
Warm-ups
Free Immersion
Rescue Evaluations
Technique Development
1:00pm – 3:00pm: Wrap up session (optional)
Lunch

Please don’t plan flights out before about 6pm as we can’t guarantee what time the boat will get back to the dock.

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