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Our middle-level course is not only our most popular
one, but also the most important step in the freediver's
education. Aimed at graduates from the Beginner course
who are ready to increase their knowledge and performance
and at experienced divers who never got any formal training,
this course is a must for the dedicated freediver. Aquatic
streamlining, equipment selection, training principles,
nutrition, exercising, kicking/swimming techniques,
how to increase apnea times, rescue and self-rescue
techniques, and many more, are all parts of the course.
In addition, this course can only be taught by our Master
Instructors, a small group of the best professionals
in the business, ensuring a high quality learning experience.
After completing this course, graduates will be able
to excel in the most rewarding of conditions the aquatic
world has to offer.
-All Students must be at least 16 years old.
-All students under the age of 18 need parental permission.
-Students must have completed a Beginner Freediver course
and have logged a minimum of 50 Dive Sessions, or:
Students must pass a Beginner Freediver Equivalency
test and have logged a minimum of 100 Dive Sessions.
-Prior to taking the course, students must fill out
the forms "Release of Liability" and "Dive
Fitness Evaluation".
-Students must provide their own equipment for the course.
-Low-Volume Dive mask
-Snorkel
-Full-Foot Fins
-Wet Suit
-Weight Belt and Weights
-All training, pool and open-water/boat fees.
-FREE Advanced Manual and Workbook
-A 100-entry FREEdiving Logbook
-A computerized graph of all Goal Dives performed during
the course.
-An "Advanced Freediver" certification card
and a diploma upon completion of the course.
5days/25
hours (approximate)
A Dive Session is a freediving outing, trip or excursion
performed over a one-day period, regardless of the number
of dives through the day. During this session, the freediver
needs to perform a minimum of 5 dives, remain in the
water for a minimum of 20 minutes and be accompanied
by a buddy for it to qualify as a logged Dive Session.
So for example, if the requirement for the course is
50 Dive Sessions, this means the diver must have gone
out to freedive on 50 different occasions where he/she
has been accompanied by a buddy at all times and has
performed a minimum of 250 Apnea dives in total. However,
only one Dive Session can be logged per day of diving,
regardless of whether the diver goes freediving more
than once during that day and performs the required
5 dives/20 minutes minimum each time. Dive Sessions
are a proof of the freediver's experience and amount
of interaction with the aquatic environment for our
instructors.
To log a Dive Session means to keep a record of it,
where factors such as date, maximum depth, average depth,
number of dives, etc. are kept. This can be done on
a logbook, notebook, computer, etc. but it must be printable
so that it can be shown to our instructors, allowing
them to asses the level of experience the freediver
has prior to taking the course. Also, the freediver's
buddy must sign his/her name on the freediver's log
as a proof that they were diving together. Dive Sessions
without buddies cannot be accepted. Those students who
haven't completed a Beginner's course need to show a
bigger level of experience through a higher number of
Dive Sessions, since this increased level of aquatic
interaction may compensate for the lack of previous
formal training. The best way to log Dive Sessions is
through the use of our "FREEdiving Logbook",
which is provided for all of our students as part of
the course's materials.
Yes, you can. Try to be as accurate as possible and
make sure that you have your buddy or buddies sign for
all those sessions where they accompanied you. Remember,
without the buddy's signature, sessions cannot be accepted.
Yes, potentially some people could come up with inaccurate
logs which exaggerate or distort their true level of
experience, but they would only be cheating themselves
and, almost certainly, our instructors will be able
to tell whether they are as experienced as they claim
to be or not. So again, be accurate when creating your
Dive Sessions logs, and take the time to do it before
coming to the course. No students can be accepted without
the required logged sessions.
You don't need to take the course with a buddy of yours,
although of course, we encourage you to do so. Students
will be teamed in groups of 2 or 3 during the course,
so at all times you will diving with at least one buddy,
whether your own partner or another student from the
course.
Well, mostly, no specialized equipment is required for
the course, except for 2 items which are full-foot fins,
where the foot pocket completely encloses the foot and
a low-volume mask, a smaller type of mask without side
windows and usually of split lens design. Other pieces
are desirable as they would help increase performance,
and will be discussed by the instructors during the
course but they are not required.
No, you don't need to reach any certain depth
to pass the course, and no, we do not guarantee that
you will reach any depth during or after the course.
Our main goal is to create competent freedivers, better
able to interact with the aquatic environment and to
think about safety before anything else. Therefore,
we do not focus our system and philosophy on depths
or numbers, as this mentality can be dangerous and counter-productive.
The knowledge you will gain during the course will improve
your freediving in all areas, and thus it could help
you increase your maximum depth, but this is not the
main goal of the course.
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