San Diego, California USA

Upcoming Courses

Location Info

Classroom Sessions

Marina Village Conference Center
1936 Quivira Way
San Diego, CA 92109
(619) 222-1620

We’ll be in conference room D6.

Pool Sessions

Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
4126 Executive Drive
San Diego, CA 92037

Open Water Sessions

We will be using Waterhourse Charters for the ocean sessions on the last two days of the course. The cost of the boat isĀ $175 for all dives and includes lunch on the second day.

Waterhorse Charters
1617 Quivira Road, Suite B
San Diego, CA 92109
phone: 619.224.6195

http://www.waterhorsecharters.com/

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
Land-Based Training Exercises and Pool
2:00pm – 6:00pm: Open Water
Warm-upsFree Immersion
Rescue Evaluations
Technique Development

Day 3

8:00am – 1:00pm: Classroom
Physiology of Freediving
Psychological Aspects of Freediving
2:00pm -6:00pm: Open Water
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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