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Please select your Day 1 date to begin.
Day 1 (pool) and Day 2 (ocean) are usually held consecutively. However, weather conditions, availability, or other external factors may occasionally require rescheduling of Day 2. If your preferred date isn’t listed, feel free to call us — we may still be able to help.
Don’t want to do both days now?
You can start with just Day 1 (pool), and complete the ocean component later — subject to boat availability or at any time in the future. Just select the “Basic Course Option“
A full schedule of our Ocean Day locations can be found here: http://oceansense.com.au/calendar-boats
About the Course
The Freediver Course is your first step into the world of exploring the ocean on a single breath. You’ll gain the knowledge, confidence, and techniques to discover what your body is truly capable of.
Day 1: Pool Certification
Includes freediving theory, breathwork and relaxation techniques, and a coached pool session where you’ll learn the foundational skills to become a safe and confident freediver.
Day 2: Ocean Certification
Join us in the open ocean to apply the skills you’ve learned and develop new ones, beginning your journey to explore greater depths. Our experienced instructors will support you every step of the way.
To complete the full certification, we will help you to achieve:
- Static breath hold: 1 min 30 sec
- Dynamic apnea with fins: 25–30m
- Dive with fins to 10–12m depth (Only Ocean – Full Course)
* -> Max depth 16 or 20m based on chosen agency, ocean conditions and skills - Self-rescue skills in both pool and ocean
- Rescue skills in both pool and ocean
- Efficient finning technique and streamlined body position
- Efficient equalisation skills (frenzel)
-> Your instructor will teach you the required skills for certification as required by standards. If you don’t meet the requirements on your first attempt, you can join future sessions to continue training.
Course Pre-Requisites
- Must be 12 years or older
-> If you are under 18 y.o. all paperwork must be signed by a parents or guardian prior start of the course. - Be able to swim 200m
- No medical conditions related to breath-hold diving (Download medical form)
No snorkelling or freediving experience required.
Need Gear?
No problem! Rental gear is available — just select what you need during booking or let us know in advance.
Prefer to buy your own? You’ll receive a special discount code in your confirmation email.
Soon you will receive a separate email with instructions to fill up your course documentation and start your online theory based on the agency you have chosen, if you are unsure about the agency please give us a call. You can also read about the differences between agencies in this link.
Whether you have chosen MOLCHANOVS, PADI or SSI, please follow the instructions in the email. Please consider that If you answer yes to any of the medical questions, you will need to get a medical certificate prior to the course start date.
You can download the Medical Questionnaires here.
