Courses
We have partnered with 2 of Ireland’s best diving schools, Waterworld in Castlegregory, Co. Kerry and Scubadive West in Connemara, Co. Galway, to provide students with the best environments for learning and practicing the art of freediving. The highest safety standards, warm training rooms, equipment hire, hot showers, canteens and accommodation are available at both locations. We believe for learning to take place effectively, students must be comfortable and stress-free at all times.
We are an AIDA International Freediving school and certify students under AIDA’s prescribed standards. The maximum number of students on any course is 4. We offer a 20% discount for subsequent courses to past pupils who wish to further their education with us.
This course offers a basic knowledge of freediving and introductory skills such as relaxation of body and mind, finning techniques, Static (STA), Free Immersion (FIM), and equalisation.
Prerequisites
Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)
Be able to swim at least 100m non-stop
It is highly recommended that you are used to swimming with fins and a facemask.
Duration
1 day
The freediving theory will include: Introduction to Freediving, Freediving Breathing Cycle, Basic Physiology of Freediving, Equalization, Freediving Techniques, Safety in Freediving, Equipment in Freediving, Freediving Disciplines.
The static and dynamic sessions in confined water are used to teach relaxation, breathing, finning and safety techniques. In the open water sessions students will apply the skills they have learned in the pool / confined water sessions and combine them with the basic skills of open water freediving such as equalizing, duck diving, vertical swimming, body positioning, turns and use of buoyancy.
Prerequisites
Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)
Can swim at least 200m non-stop without fins or at least 300m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel
It is highly recommended that you are used to swimming with fins and a facemask.
Certification Requirements
2 minutes STA
40 meters DYNB
12 meters CWTB
Theoretical exam-passing score is 75%
Duration
2 days
1 pool session
Combination of AIDA-1 “Introduction to Freediving” & AIDA-2 “Freediver”. Theory and open water components are delivered over 3 consecutive days.
Duration
3 days
1 pool session
The course is designed to further develop skills from previous levels, to acquire new skills and gain a higher knowledge of safety procedures and techniques. The new techniques that are introduced are free-fall, Frenzel Equalizing, the use of training tables, the risks of increasing and decreasing pressure and also how to minimize these risks. Students will train these skills in the most common disciplines of freediving: Static Apnea, Dynamic Apnea, Free Immersion and Constant Weight Bi fins.
The theory will include: Physiology, Equalization, Barotrauma, Lungs at Depth, Buoyancy, Shallow Water Blackout, Training Concepts, The Mammalian Dive Response, Decompression Sickness, Surface Intervals and the Freediver's Code of Conduct.
Prerequisites
Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)
Have completed the AIDA2 course or have completed the AIDA2 Crossover Evaluation if crossing over from another freediving agency
Certification Requirements
2:45 minutes STA
55 meters DYNB
24 meters CWTB
Theoretical exam-passing score is 75%
Duration
2 days
2 pool sessions
Freedivers who have already completed some training with another freediving federation can migrate to the AIDA Education system. The AIDA Instructor will conduct Crossover Evaluation sessions with each student wishing to enrol on a course of the next level.
To participate in an AIDA-3 “Advanced Freediver” course, the crossover candidate will be evaluated on all skills as outlined in the AIDA-2 Course Completion Form and must pass the AIDA-2 exam.
The Evaluation consists of
Knowledge assessment by exam with passing rate of 75%
Assessment of all confined and open water skills
1 x open water session
1 x pool session
Certification may be issued on the assessed course level, but it is not a prerequisite to join a course of the next level.
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The AIDA Monofin Freediver course is designed to be an introduction to Monofin swimming and to help the student develop the basic skills, techniques and knowledge necessary to start using the Monofin efficiently. Students will be acquainted with different approaches to freediving with a Monofin, exercises designed to work on this swimming style and ways of planning a training program.
The theory sessions will include: History of the Monofin; Monofin construction and design, current manufacturers and how to choose and fit your fin; How to care for and transport your Monofin safely; Freediving categories which use the Monofin, the differences needed in blade and technique and the advantages and disadvantages of monofins over bi-fins; Equipment for use with the Monofin; Dry training to develop the body for Monofin freediving; Physiology for Monofin freediving; Key rules to remember for Monofin freediving safely and Sources of further information.
Prerequisites
Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)
Have completed an AIDA1 or AIDA2 pool certification
Have completed the Crossover Evaluation if crossing over from another freediving federation
Requirements
Theoretical exam-passing score is 75%
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AIDA Youth Programme teaches water skills to children from 6 to 15 years old.
There are three courses for children from 6 to 11 years old: Bronze Dolphin, Silver Dolphin or Gold Dolphin. Each of them takes from 3 days of teaching. 4 day AIDA Junior course is for adolescents from 12 to 15 years old. Each of the Youth courses has a section for parents educating them on proper post-course supervision of children in the water.