4-DAY PADI FREEDIVING INSTRUCTOR PROFESSIONAL COURSE

Plunge into a fun and exciting career as a PADI Freediving Instructor! Not just a freediving instructor course, immerse in the behind the scenes insights and knowledge that will provide you with the tools to go well beyond kicking off a part-time career teaching the world how to freedive.

Course Location: Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Ideal for all certified PADI Master Freedivers (or equivalent recognised certification) interested in beginning a new career as a freediving instructor. 

Learn in a supportive and real way with Marlon Quinn, PADI Freediving Instructor Trainer who turned monthly freediving courses into a fully fledged freediving school, eco tour charter boat business and award-winning tourism operation. Upon successful completion earn a PADI Freediver Instructor Certification.

Bookings and Payments Options

Making it easy to begin your new journey swiftly, simply confirm your place either by paying in full, or book with a deposit payment ($1200) and finalise the balance 21 days before the course. 

**Please note: Registration and Enrolment Must Be Received 21 Days Before the Course Commencement Date.

Meet Your Instructor

Marlon Quinn - PADI Freediver Instructor Trainer

Let the water flow around you and learn to see within on a specialist retreat led by former IT Executive turned Sea Changer, Freediving Instructor Trainer, RIB Pilot and Dolphin & Seal Tour Host, Marlon Quinn.

He himself was not a natural freediver. Having feinted at the pool from cold as a young child. On another occasion being rushed to hospital unable to breathe, feeling as if suffocating. Being crushed to expiration by wayward teens in a game of stacks-on. Surely not the core foundations to holding one’s breath.

As an adult though, he at last found the sea, only to encounter a stingray head-on and retreat with fright. This was the catalyst though, to learn with the world’s best freedivers, the modern gods of the sea, where he found beauty and peace within himself, on one breath, freediving deep into the blue sea. In 2013 Marlon founded the Melbourne Freedivers Club and since 2014 Marlon has evoked the true passion of the water, providing freediving courses across Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Going on to develop a multi-award winning dolphin & seal tour RIB charter operator and recognised premiere PADI Freediver Centre.

Highlights

This professional PADI Freediving Instructor course guides you towards living a life working in the marine environment and sharing the beauty of the underwater world, all on one breath. Not only will you learn the art of living life as a freediving instructor, but also gain real-world insights from someone who has proven the success of the seachange life and making a career of freediving and eco boat tours. All on an immersive multi-day course for just four guests, held near Melbourne in Victoria.

• Supportive & Stress Free Learning:   Develop step by step with your experienced instructor and develop your own natural teaching style without pressure of performance
• Real World Experience:    Learn from an instructor with a proven life and career as a freediving instructor who developed into an award-wining charter and dolphin swim tour operator
• Breathwork & Balance:    Adopt new understanding of the relationship between you and your breath, breathing and breathhold confidence, and how this applies to your role as instructor
• Tourism, Dive and Trade Tools for Every Day:    Optional private coaching sessions following the course, with instructor insights and personalised coaching for success as a new instructor and potential freediving school operator

Skill Level

- Master   (eg certified PADI Master Freediver or AIDA 4* / SSI Level Three / Molchanov Wave 3 or Lap 3 certification).

Program

Get ready to begin your new career development based on the Bellarine Peninsula and into southern Port Phillip Bay.

Includes:

• PADI Learning Materials - Instructor Guide, Cue Cards, Freediver e-learning, Exam Fee
• Course Teaching & Theory on-site at the training venue
• 3 x Confined Water Workshops over 2x Double Sessions
• 3 x Open Water Freediving Training Workshops over 2x Half-Day Dives
• Maximum 4 x Candidates

Day 1

• Welcome, Course Orientation and Introductions
• Learning and Instruction
• PADI Freediver Course Overview and Standards
• Teaching Skills and Supervise Freediving
• Pool / Confined Water Workshop 1 + 2

Day 2

• Open Water Boat Freedive Training 1 + 2
• Freedive Physiology and Psychology
• Teaching Skills and Supervise Freediving

Day 3

• Open Water Boat Freedive Training 3 +  Review
• Safety and Risk Management
• Organising and Marketing Freediving
• Teaching Skills and Supervise Freediving

Day 4

• Pool / Confined Water Workshop 3 + Review
• Teaching Skills and Supervise Freediving
• Protection and Care of Marine Environment
• Exam
• Debrief & Course Closure

Bathing suit, 5mm wetsuit including hood, weightbelt and weights, mask and snorkel, fins, towel(s), neoprene gloves and socks, re-useable water bottle, and, personal sunscreen.

Included Activities

During this course, you will enjoy dive boat sessions in the beautiful southern waters of Port Phillip Bay. The dive training include a specific freediving line-diving session and teaching skills development.

Location

This wonderful PADI Freediving Instructor Course takes place on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It's around a 90-minute drive from Melbourne. Training locations may include Rosebud and Sorrento.

PADI Freediver Certification

This 4-Day PADI Freediver Instructor Course provides the opportunity for you to develop skills and knowledge within your reach and move towards working as a qualified PADI Freediving instructor, which is available upon successful completion of the course. To satisfactorily enrol in a PADI Freediver certification course you must be at least 18 years old. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. You must hold a recognised PADI Freediver level three certification or recognised equivalent. 

• Caters to master freedivers
• Minimum age: 18 years
• Demonstrate the following elements - pool dynamic swim of at least 50m, static breathhold of at least 2'30", perform a constant weight depth dive to at least 20m in the sea and perform a simulated rescue of a blacked out diver from 15m depth
• Successful completion enables you to apply to become a world-recognised PADI Freediver Instructor

Course Prerequisites

To enroll in a PADI Freediver Instructor Training Course, a candidate must meet certification and training requirements for one of the following options:

Option 1 – 

• PADI Dive Instructor and PADI Advanced Freediver
• Current Emergency First Response (CPR/first aid) Primary and Secondary Care qualification or equivalent
• Current medical statement signed by a physician within 12 months

• PADI Master Freediver or qualifying certification
• 18 years old or older
  
• Current Emergency First Response (CPR/first aid) Primary and Secondary Care qualification or equivalent
• Current medical statement signed by a physician within 12 months

Terms & Conditions:

• Session fees are non-refundable (unless the session is cancelled by us for unforeseen circumstances), please choose your experience with care. Trip insurance is highly recommended as cover for unforeseen cancellations
• Courses are held on the Mornington Peninsula and may visit Rosebud, Sorrento and surrounds during the sessions
• Please arrive at the beginning 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. Rental equipment is available.
• Guests must be able to swim. Retreats 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
• All participants under the age of 18 years must have a parent/guardian sign all applicable waiver/medical forms
• Subject to minimum numbers and may be rescheduled if minimum numbers are not met
• The supplier reserves the right to substitute the venue / pool and / or change the day’s itinerary without notice