spEARFISHING COurses
Explore the Ocean, your way
World Record Holders
Spearfishing
They Know their stuff
Our staff hold world records in spearfishing, the students they have trained hold numerous South African National colours and records in the sport.
These Instructors pride themselves not on their own achievements, but those of the people they train, and to whom they offer their time to.
Basic Spearo Course
R 1700
Getting your Feet Wet:
The Basic Spearfishing Course is designed for the newcomer, and contains various diving and spearfishing skills in order to start off your journey as a spearo.
Learn proper new skills:
On this course you will complete both a basic diving course and a spearfishing orientation as well, you will learn about the spearguns often used in your diving area, the environment and how the winds and currents affect the fish you are hunting. Your instructor will explain the spearfishing gear, safety procedures, rescue and reading of the ocean.
Course Requirements:
8 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
Buddy diving skills
Rescue and safety
Let us take you on it!
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.
Spearo 1* Course
R 3500
Full Spearfishing Course:
What sets this course apart from the basic spearfishing course, is the ocean time, depth and extensive in-water training. On this course, you will not only learn about the sport but conditions depending, you will in fact go spearfishing with one of our experienced instructors.
Learn proper new skills:
The course includes a full diving course and 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 speargun use, breathold, fin stroke, rescue diving, safety and proper buddy diving. The pool becomes bigger as you step into the ocean, and train the skills of freediving and spearfishing in the ocean. In the ocean we will learn about the ocean life, fish species and legal sizes, where you can spear, proper open water techniques, diving to depths, safety, rescue and buddy diving in open water as a team.
Commonly seen underwater in Cape Town:
Kelp Forests
Cape Bream
Sea Urchin
ship wreck
West Coast Rock Lobster
Red Roman Bream
Course Requirements:
8 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
FREEDIVING
Freediving is a form of underwater diving that relies on the diver’s ability to hold their breath, rather than using a breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Freedivers may use fins and other diving equipment to help them swim deeper and faster, but they do not carry air tanks or use regulators to breathe while underwater.
Spearo 2* Course
R 3800
Take your Next Step:
This course is for for the person that wants to go to blue water and beyond, further, and learn advanced safety and rescue techniques. Buddy diving, advanced equalization, blue water spearfishing, boat spearfishing, watermanship and discipline.
Continuing your education:
This course includes a full diving course, and will take you through the journey of different water environments and allow you to learn from highly experienced instructors, how your body works and experience the gear to a more technical degree. The pool session will cover more advanced hydrodynamic techniques, breathing and advanced rescue skills and other techniques that will allow you to advance your spearfishing.
In the open water, the focus will be on control, discipline, proper technique, safety, rescue and deep spearfishing. 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.
What you could see on this course:
Blue water diving
Cape Bream
Yellowtail
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