Learn to freedive with PADI Freediver Instructor Trainer, Marlon Quinn.

This freediving course is unlike others. 

It's been developed over more than 10 years of practice and draws upon thousands of hours of instruction and broad freediving education knowledge gathered from experience under AIDA, Apnea Academy, Apnea International, AUSI and PADI Freediver learning systems.

In this course you will benefit from:

• Breathwork, relaxation and awareness techniques
• Guided meditation practice
• Pre-dive breath-hold preparation method
• Personalised feedback and tailored coaching for during the dive
• Post-dive recovery breathing techniques

Begin the journey as the freediver you would like to be on this one-day tailored freediving course. Your skills and techniques will be honed with an instructor who learned to freedive with the best freedivers in the world, including World Champions and record holders Umberto Pelizzari and Stavros Kastrinakis.

The PADI Basic Freediver course is where everyone begins, it is the core foundation course and makes up the first half of the level one PADI Freediver training. You MUST be able to swim and be in good physical health to make sure you gain the most from the course. Start right away, you don’t need to train for it or have experience with snorkelling, skin diving or freediving.

The PADI Basic Freediver is your chance to experience what freediving is all about. This base certification course is for each of you that wants to experience the underwater discipline of freediving with ease, learning relaxation and breathing techniques and to “look inside yourself”, searching for the wellness provided by freediving. You will begin to discover the beauty and harmony of freediving.

As the way to begin your PADI Freediver certification, this is the perfect start for skindivers, snorkellers, underwater photpgraphers, and spearfishing enthusiasts to begin learning core foundations to take with you anywhere in the world. Once completed, you can then continue your PADI Freediver open water training dives to achieve your level one status.

BOOKINGS

• Private group courses for yourself, you and your buddy, or your buddies
• For locations beyond Gippsland, please make contact for a further discussion. Additional travel fees apply

NB: 

• To request a booking, simply choose your preferred date and time and click Book Now
• You may choose to hire a weightbelt during the process if you need one
• All requests are accompanied by a 30% deposit (Fully Refundable if we are unable to confirm your booking).
• If your booking date is within 7 days of your preferred date, a 100% payment is requested (Fully Refundable if your requested booking date is unavailable). 

Please send a message if your booking date is less than 48 hours away. Messages can be sent here.

Inclusions

• PADI Freediver e-Learning access and certification credit 
• All tuition fees
• All venue and pool access fees

Course Structure

• On-line PADI Freediver self-paced elearning
• Classroom theory and breathwork practice for relaxation
• Expert pool training in breathhold for static apnea, dynamic apnea and rescue techniques

Course Timetable

• E-learning in your own time before the course (allow up to 10 hours)
• 2hrs Classroom theory and practical breathing & relaxation skills, followed by
  
• 3hrs Pool freedive training for static, dynamic and rescue techniques

Course Highlights

• Private groups (1-2, 3-4 or 5-6)
• Tailored approach for individual aims
• Award-winning PADI Freediver Instructor Trainer with over 10 years experience and 1000+ students all across Australia
• Successful completion results in certification as PADI Basic Freediver, recognised worldwide

• Once confirmed in full, session fees are non-refundable (unless the session is cancelled by us for unforeseen circumstances), please choose your experience with care. 
• Travel insurance is your best cover for unforeseen cancellations and problems. It's easy to get at least a one-day cover policy
• Courses are held in Orbost (December to March) or during other months at Lakes Entrance, VIC 
• All Students must be minimum 20 years of age
• Please arrive at the theory venue 15 minutes before commencement time to ensure you have enough time to check in and get settled
• Please dress comfortably
• Please bring a bag with your swimmers, 5mm wetsuit, fins, mask, snorkel, weightbelt, a towel and your own re-usable water bottle.
• Guests must be able to swim. Courses do not cater for people with no swimming ability. The Instructor retains the right to refuse participation in which case your attendance is forfeited
• Guests with back, neck, or heart conditions, those who are pregnant or who have injuries/conditions that may cause a risk to their health are advised not to participate, or do so at their own risk
• A Diver's Medical Statement and Questionnaire must be submitted to attend the course
• A diving medical (AS4005.1) may be required prior to commencement of the course
• At least one 90 second static breath-hold attempt and 25m underwater dynamic swim will be performed
• The supplier reserves the right to substitute the venue / pool and / or change the day’s itinerary