Freediving
″The scuba diver dives to look around,
the freediver dives to look inside″
Unlike scuba tanks, which provide all the air needed to observe
what surrounds us at the price of the noise of the bubbles
and the bulk of the equipment, freediving allows us
to dive in a much more inward, contemplative and silent way.
Holding one’s breath activates the body,
sharpening awareness and freeing the mind.
Here’s what freediving is: freedom.
Unlike scuba tanks, which provide all the air needed to observe what surrounds us at the price of the noise of the bubbles and the bulk of the equipment, freediving allows us to dive in a much more inward, contemplative and silent way.
Holding one’s breath activates the body, sharpening awareness
and freeing the mind.
Here’s what freediving is: freedom.
SSI Freediving course
Freediving course
- Full equipment
- Digital manual
- Footage photo & video
- Prerequisites: none
- Duration: 4 days
- Minimum age: 12
Freediver
The Freediver is the initial course and has been conceived specifically for those who want to start freediving from scratch. There is no prerequisite whatsoever.
Just like the Open Water course in scuba diving, the theoretical part covers interesting and sometimes surprising notions of physics and physiology, beside introducing the various freediving categories.
In the practical sessions we will teach you with the basics of the yoga-inspired respiration and stretching techniques.
We will then work out the following freediving specialties: static apnea (holding the breath at the surface), dynamic apnea (swimming underwater at a constant depth), and constant weight (descending and ascending along a line using the fins).
At the end of the course:
- you’ll have learnt the appropriate buddy procedures including the rescue;
- dynamic apnea: swimming for at least 30 m (100 ft);
- constant weight: descending to at least 10 m (30 ft), up to a maximum of 20 m (65 ft) or 12 m (50 ft) if under 15 years old;
- you’ll own the SSI certification, valid forever worldwide.
Coaching sessions
If you already are a certified freediver of any level, as SSI Freediving instructors we can organize a coaching session any time you wish to be assisted.
We are open to any form of coaching: static apnea, dynamic apnea, constant weight setting up a line. Or even just for an open water session to explore the underwater beauties!
We can directly jump in from our sailboat for the most relaxed experience, or ″hitch a ride″ from one of our local diving center’s fastboats to get to a regular dive site.
Here, our role as instructors is varied:
- organization of the session in the water (selection, preparation, and marking of the area used in the water; placing of the line with its surface buoy; etc.);
- ensuring the safety of the session by acting as your buddy;
- mentorship, providing all the guidance useful for your improvement;
- filmmaking for critical analyses of the footage.
Coaching
- Prerequisites: any freediving certification
- Duration: 1/2 day
- Minimum age: 12 years old