Free Diving

Learn, progress, evolve and most of all have fun on a Freediving Course with us! Whether you are freediving for the first time, or are an experienced diver, our programs will help you set and achieve your goals and explore your potential!

Our Instructor aims to share his passion and expertise with you. We believe in teaching from experience, guiding students to places we have been before ourselves.

We recognize that freediving is a personal expression of underwater exploration and for some that means diving as deep as possible, for others interacting with marine life. We provide a safe environment and trustworthy, experienced instructors for you to take your diving to the next level and surprise yourself with what is possible.

At Reefers, warm tropical water and great visibility help to increase your comfort in the water and confidence in your ability. Rather than only focusing on technique and skills we always incorporate “fun freedives” into our courses so you can enjoy everything you have learned while exploring the reef and exotic aquatic life. And, once you have completed your course you will find that you can explore the same reef on one breath as you can with a tank!

We teach SSI Freediving courses from beginner to instructor levels, as we believe it offers the most up to date material, quality and professional service available.

Freediving is about inward power, discipline and control. If you’ve always wanted to enter the underwater world quietly, on your own terms, staying as long as your breath allows, then freediving is for you.

Have you ever been curious how it’s possible for freedivers to extend their times so long underwater?

Do you want to feel what it’s like to enjoy the freedom without carrying heavy tanks, whether for travelling, more mobility, gaining more comfort in the water or to feel more in touch with the environment around you?
If so, then the Discover Freediving is a great first step for you to develop solid freediving skills.

You’ll learn the basic freediving principles and will focus on practical breath hold techniques. You’ll see that there is nothing superhuman about freediving.
It’s simply a matter of getting your techniques right that will open a whole new dimension inside and outside

What will you learn?

We’re proud to say that we offer the Discover Freediver program for different organizations, to give you the choice with the best experience.

The Discover Freediving starts with an in-depth knowledge development. This will cover safety, techniques, physiology, equipment and awareness. After everything is crystal, we will  practice dry and confined static apnea. With the knowledge you have and the right techniques you’ll notice that it’s easy to surpass our goal of 90 seconds breath hold. You will master to swim at least 25 meters underwater and learn how to assist your buddy.

The discover freediver can be done in only one day (or two days depending on the program you choose).

The SSI Level 1 Freediving course is an introduction to the purest form of diving. Here you will learn the proper breathing techniques, familiarize yourself with diaphragmatic breathing and take a deep breath like you never have before. In the SSI level 1 Freediving course you acquire proper skills and knowledge to partake in Freediving to depths of 20 meters in the most relaxed and safest manner possible. You will develop skills necessary to train your body to be more efficient with oxygen, gain better respiration and muscle flexibility and learn new skills to take your freediving to the next level.

Our Level 1 course runs over 3 days and covers all the fundamentals of freediving

Course includes:

• Introduction to Freediving
• Physiology of Freediving
• Breathing Technique
• Pranayama, Relaxation and Stretching
• Equalization Technique for Freediving
• Freediving Disciplines – Free Immersion – Constant Weight – Static – Dynamic
• Rescue Techniques
• 10mts. to 20 mts.

But more than anything else you will learn the purest form of diving and how to explore the underwater world without bubbles, without trace, without worries…

Take it to the next level! Experience the deep peace of a “freefall” and the buzz of completing a deep dive. The SSI Level 2 Freediving course will equip you with further knowledge of the mammalian dive reflex and how to initiate the best response for Freediving. You will learn advanced equalization techniques, work on longer breath-holds, understand how to use your change in buoyancy during a dive to be more efficient on deeper dives, learn new training methods, and develop the skills necessary to freedive beyond 20m to depths of up to 30 meters.

The SSI Level 2 Freediving course is an intermediate freediving course where the student will be introduced to further concepts for deeper freediving such as freefalling and new equalization techniques. These will improve your relaxation and conserve oxygen that consequently will help you go even deeper! The theory will give you a greater understanding of the natural changes that occur in your body when you dive, called Mammalian Dive Reflex. Advanced theory and techniques will guide you to become more aquatic, resulting in you being able to stay longer underwater and dive even deeper! Included in this course is a full body and specific thoracic stretching session where you will learn to improve your chest flexibility and therefore make better use of your capacity.

Course includes:

• Introduction to Freediving Level 2
• Breathing for Freediving Level 2
• Advanced Physiology
• Depth and Pressure
• Frenzel Equalization
• Safety Procedures/ Rescue Skills
• Competitive Freediving
• Freefall
• Perfection of Technique
• 20mts – 30mts

The apex of the SSI Freediving training program, Level 3 will take you to depths of 40 meters. Freediving well below the residual volume of the lungs, this is the specialist deep freediving course and will equip you with the proper knowledge to take you into the deep blue and beyond.

Course Includes:

• Advance Equalization Technique (Mouth Fill – Reverse Pack)
• Physiological aspects of Deep Freediving
• FRC (Functional Residual Capacity)
• Lung squeeze and Barotraumas
• Static Coaching
• Nutrition
• RRR – Rescue/Respond/Revive
• Henry’s Law and the effects of Decompression Sickness
• Nitrogen & Narcosis
• Preparation for competition
• Perfection of technique
• 30mts to 40mts