AIDA 1 INTRODUCTION TO FREEDIVING
AIDA 1
Prerequisites:
Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)
Be able to swim at least 100m non-stop
Dive Insurance
Certification Requirements: none
Minimum water sessions: 1
This course offers a basic knowledge of freediving and introductory skills such as relaxation of body and mind, finning techniques, duck dives and equalisation.
AIDA 2 FREEDIVER
AIDA 2
Prerequisites:
Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)
Can swim at least 200m non-stop without fins or at least 300m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel
Dive Insurance
Certification Requirements: 2 minutes Static Breath-hold; 40 meters horizontal, underwater swim; 12 meters vertical dive; theoretical exam-passing score is 75%
Minimum water sessions: 5
The static and dynamic sessions in confined water are used to teach relaxation, breathing, finning and safety techniques. In the open water sessions students will apply the skills they have learned in the confined water sessions and combine them with the basic skills of open water freediving such as equalizing, duck diving, vertical swimming, body positioning, turns and use of buoyancy.
The freediving theory to be studied includes: Introduction to Freediving, Freediving Breathing Cycle, Basic Physiology of Freediving, Equalization, Freediving Techniques, Safety in Freediving, Equipment in Freediving, Freediving Disciplines.
AIDA 3 ADVANCED FREEDIVER
AIDA 3
Prerequisites:
Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)
Have completed the AIDA2 course or have completed the AIDA2 Crossover Evaluation if crossing over from another freediving agency
Dive Insurance
Certification Requirements: 2:45 minutes Static Breath-hold; 55 meters horizontal, underwater swim; 24 meters vertical dive; theoretical exam-passing score is 75%
Minimum water sessions: 6
The course is designed to further develop skills from previous levels, to acquire new skills and gain a higher knowledge of safety procedures and techniques. The new techniques that are introduced are free-fall, Frenzel Equalizing, the use of training tables, increasing and decreasing pressure. Students will train these skills in the most common disciplines of freediving: Static Apnea, Dynamic Apnea, Free Immersion and Constant Weight Bi fins.
The theory to be studied includes: Physiology, Equalization, Barotrauma, Lungs at Depth, Buoyancy, Shallow Water Blackout, Training Concepts, The Mammalian Dive Response, Decompression Sickness, Surface Intervals and the Freediver's Code of Conduct.
Note: All courses require that students complete and return a Medical Clearance Certificate and a Liability Release, both of which can be downloaded by clicking on the buttons below. These must be completed and submitted before registration can proceed.