Explorer Freediver Courses

Explore the Ocean, your way

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Explore with the BASIC FREEDIVER

R 2000

Getting your Feet Wet:

Exploring and Freediving is in the blood of every human being the thrill of the adventure for a freediver is what drives us to the ocean. This course allows you to explore the water world around you in a safe manner.

 

Learn proper new skills:

The course takes you from the Tidal Pools of our beautiful coastline, to learning about freediving and the animal species that live in our ocean. Our Instructors will tell you about the significance of each of these animals that you will dive with, and teach you about how to find them

Course Requirements:

8 years or older

Medically fit to dive

No Diving Experience Required

 

Course Outcomes:

Learning about our Ocean

How to conduct your adventure Safely

Breathold of at least 90 sec

Underwater Dynamic Swim 25m

Buddy diving skills

Rescue and safety

Let us take you on it!

PADI Explorer FREEDIVER

R 3900

Jump in Head First!!

The PADI Explorer Freediver is one step above the PADI Basic Freediver adventure, and includes all the skills of the course, but also an open water deep dive session. This is the first large stepping stone in your freediving career, and will allow you to see some of our incredible marine life.

 

 

Learn proper new skills:

The course starts with e-learning, which can be done at home, at your own leisure. Once this is completed, the classroom becomes a swimming pool where we learn the basic skills of breathold, fin stroke, rescue diving, safety and proper buddy diving. The pool becomes bigger as you step into the ocean, and immerse yourself completely into your new reality of freediving. In the ocean we will learn about the ocean life, proper open water techniques, diving to depths, safety, rescue and buddy diving in open water as a team.

Kelp Freediving Cape Town MALDIVES APNEA ADDICTS FREEDIVING CAPE TOWN FREEDIVING AFRICA

Commonly seen underwater:

Kelp Forests

Cape Bream

Sea Urchin

ship wreck

West Coast Rock Lobster

Red Roman Bream

 

Course Requirements:

12 years or older

Medically fit to dive

No Diving Experience Required

 

Course Outcomes:

Breathold of at least 90 sec

Dynamic Apnea of 25m or more

Minimum 10m deep dive or more

Buddy diving skills

Rescue and safety

Advanced Explorer - PADI Certification Incl

R 3900

Take your Next Step:

PADI Advanced Freediver is for for the person that wants to go to venture 20m and beyond, further, and learn advanced safety and rescue techniques. Buddy diving, advanced equalization, watermanship and discipline.

Continuing your adventure:

The e-learning of the Advanced Freediver will take you through the journey of different freedivers and allow you to learn from highly experienced instructors, how your body works and experience freediving gear to a more technical degree. The pool session will cover more advanced hydrodynamic techniques, breathing and advanced rescue skills. In the open water, the focus will be on control, discipline, proper technique, safety and rescue. All this to ensure that you reach your goal depth you set yourself.

Our instructors will guide you and assist you on various stress tests, shift your mentality of watermanship, and coach you to where you yourself would like to be. 

APNEA ADDICTS FREEDIVING CHARL MARAIS FREEDIVING

What you could see on this course:

Blue water diving

Cape Bream

Ship Wrecks

West Coast Rock Lobster

Red Roman Bream

 

Course Requirements:
12 years or older

Medically fit to dive

Completed Freediver Course or equivalent

 

Course Outcomes:

Breathold of at least 2:30 min

Dynamic Apnea of 50m or more

Minimum 20m deep dive or more

Buddy diving skills

Rescue and safety

performance equalization

self-discipline at depth

Master Explorer - PADI Certification Incl

R 5500

Stepping into Professionalism:

The pinnacle of diving is the Master Freediver, you get to assist instructors on courses, safety deep dives, an get the opportunity to dive up to 40m deep!

 

Course Requirements:

18 years or older

Medically fit to dive

Completed Advanced Freediver Course or similar

 

Course Outcomes:

Breathold of at least 3:30 min

Dynamic Apnea of 75m or more

Minimum 32m deep dive or more (50m Max)

Professionalism

Thorough understanding of Freediver Physiology

Master equalization and hydrodynamics

MALDIVES APNEA ADDICTS FREEDIVING CAPE TOWN FREEDIVING AFRICA

No Effort is Spared:

Our PADI Instructor-Trainer Charl Marais and Staff Instructor Brittnee Engelbrecht work together to lay the foundations of your training.

Together they transfer their combined experience of more than 20 years of freediving, and more than 8 years of instructing freediving for various agencies into a package that is dedicated to train you as a Master Freediver.

 

It’s a Mentorship:

The e-learning and classroom sessions become a personal experience with your instructors. It is our obligation to mentor, lead and challenge you during this course. We transfer your experience and knowledge, and imbue the value of professionalism during this training. 

Together we lead you not only to dive deeper, give you the opportunity to master the sport and your body, but also allow you to then transfer your expertise and knowledge to the next upcoming freediver. 

Apnea

Apnea is the temporary suspension of breathing. In the context of freediving, apnea refers to the act of holding one’s breath while underwater. Freedivers often practice apnea in order to increase their ability to hold their breath and to dive to deeper depths.

PADI FREEDIVE INSTRUCTOR

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From R15000 - R 22 000

MALDIVES APNEA ADDICTS FREEDIVING CAPE TOWN FREEDIVING AFRICA

A Career in Freediving:

 

PADI is the largest and most successful dive training institute in the world, training 70% of all divers worldwide. The PADI Freediver Instructor Training allows you to teach freediving, opening up a career in diving. It allows you to join this extensive team of PADI Professionals and train freedivers.

 

Knowledgeable  Team:

Instructor Trainer Charl Marais gives you exclusive attention for the full duration of the instructor training. Together with his staff instructor, Charl works in a team with Brittnee Engelbrecht to give you a premium experience in freedive instructor training.  With combined experience of more than 20 years in freediving, and PADI professionals for 10 years, the team has trained Freediver instructors all over Southern Africa and Island Africa.

 

Course Requirements:
18 years or older

Medically fit to dive

Completed Advanced Freediver Course or similar

APNEA ADDICTS FREEDIVING CAPE TOWN FREEDIVING AFRICA

It’s a Journey:

From the classroom presentations, to the confined and open water training, the PADI Freediver instructor Training is tailored and specifically designed with state of the art teaching techniques, and the latest freediving techniques to make you the best freediver instructor possible.

 

What do I get in this course:

Emergency First Response

PADI Freediver Instructor

PADI Adventure Freediver Instructor

 

 

Course Outcomes:

Breathold of at least 3:30 min

Dynamic Apnea of 75m or more

Minimum 32m deep dive or more (50m Max)

Professionalism

Thorough understanding of Freediver Physiology

Master equalization and hydrodynamics

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