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    PADI Advanced Freediver Course

    Achieving a new freediving time or reaching a new depth is an incredible feeling. It satisfies that very personal desire to do your best and be proud of what you can accomplish. The PADI Advanced Freediver course is designed to fulfill that personal need to refine and improve your freediving skills, allowing you to progress slowly while learning how your body performs during apnea.

     

    To enroll in a PADI Advanced Freediver course you must be at least 15 years old and have a PADI Freediver certification (or a qualifying certification from another freediver organization). You also need to have Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months. You can complete this training during the Rescue Diver course. Your instructor may also offer the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty course at the same time.

    The PADI Advanced Freediver course consists of three main phases:

    • Knowledge development about advanced freediving techniques and equipment. You'll study independently using the PADI Freediver eLearning (or your instructor may conduct class sessions if not available in your language).
    • Confined water session to learn stretching and relaxation techniques as well as refine static and dynamic apnea. Goal - static apnea of 2 minutes, 30 seconds (2 minutes for freedivers younger than 18) and dynamic apnea of 50 metres/165 feet (40 metres/130 feet for freedivers younger than 18)
    • Open water sessions to practice deeper free immersion and constant weight freedives, along with additional buddy procedures and rescue techniques. Goal - constant weight freedive of 20 meters/65 feet (15 metres/50 feet for freedivers younger than 18)

      You need to have a freediving mask, snorkel, bifins, wetsuit and weight belt. Your instructor may allow you to use monofins. You'll also need a surface signaling device and a freediving computer (or depth gauge and timer).

      How Do You Get Started

      • Be 15 years of age or older

      Course Setup

      1. Theory Sessions
      2. Confined Water Sessions
      3. Open Water Training Dives

      Theory and Confined water training

      1. PADI e-Learning - $150
      2. Confined Training - $300
      3. Openwater Training 1 Day Training - $400
      4. Equipment Rental - $30/Training (Confined water or Openwater)

      *Full price has to be paid before class. No same-day payment is accepted. 

        **Personal equipment requirement is a mask, snorkel, socks/booties & fins.

        Class Reschedule / Cancellation

        Students can reschedule their class one week in advance. A $100 rescheduling fee will be charged if the class is rescheduled within the week prior to the class. If a student cancels the class within the week prior, the cancellation fee is $200.

        Big Blue upholds the highest standards in the diving industry.

         

        Please call 1(516)869-1888 or email  info@bigbluescuba.com for more information.