Your PFI Freediver course will cover fundamental topics such as:

• Essential safety procedures for breath-holding at Freediver Level
• Proper breathing techniques for freediving and snorkeling
• Confined water skill development
• Open water skill development
• Equalization for depth diving
• Equipment for freediving and snorkeling
• The fundamental physics and physiology of freediving

Is this course for you?

• You’re interested in learning the fundamental techniques of freediving
• You’re new to freediving
• You typically dive in the shallows
• You want to hold your breath longer
• You want to dive deeper

Format/Duration

This course is taught by highly trained PFI Instructors at locations all over the world. The PFI Freediver course includes, at a minimum:

• Classroom sessions
• Confined Water sessions
• Open Water sessions

Skills

Some of the skills a student will be able to perform at the end of the PFI Freediver course are:

• Safety skills as a buddy

• Perform a 1:30 static breathhold in the pool with opportunity to increase to maximum capacity

• Dive with proper technique to 10 meters constant weight and free immersion with proper recovery breathing

Prerequisites

• Swimming or snorkeling experience

• Good health and fitness

• 10 years of age with guardian permission

Course Components

Classroom

• Complete the manual or eLearning Program.

• Attend all classroom teaching sessions

• Stretching and equalizing workshops

• CO2 and O2 workshops

Watermanship and Stamina

• Swim test

• Survival float

• Snorkel

Confined Water

• Minimum of four consecutive static breath-holds without any hypoxic symptoms minimum 1:30

• Recovery breathing and coaching

• Optional: Three dynamic performances

• Optional: Complete a minimum 25m dynamic apnea

• Manage LMC, blackout on surface and underwater

Open Water

• Recovery breathing and coaching

• Six target constant ballast dives reaching minimum 10m/33 feet

• Four free immersion dives to a minimum depth of 10m/33 feet

• Emergency rescue and problem management (rescue scenarios)

• Managing an LMC and blackout on surface and underwater blackout

• Full mask flood and ascent from depth

Equipment Used:

• Mask, snorkel, fins

• Appropriate exposure protection

• Weight system

• Timing device or freedive computer