FREEDIVE CAMP REQUIREMENTS:
- Gear: Personal weight, usually under 5% body weight
- Completed PADI Freediver eLearning
- Completed EFR book reading/reviews
- Completed medical release waiver with physician sign-off, if needed
- Minimum age: 15 years old
- Fitting gear in-store and prepping gear prior to the start of camp
PROVIDED FREEDIVE CAMP GEAR:
- Low-volume mask (DXDivers Thresher or Seahawk Mask)
- Snorkel (DXDivers Blacktip Freedive Snorkel)
- Seac Talent freediving fins
- Rubber weight belt
- Rental Wetsuit
FREEDIVE SUMMER CAMP, A TRULY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
The DXDivers Freediver Summer Camp is a weeklong freediving course that offers an immersive learning experience. With 2 pool days and 2 ocean days, it doubles the time spent honing techniques compared to the standard PADI Freediver course. After students complete their e-learning, they will get hands-on lessons on mental preparation, breathing, stretching, equipment use, freediving specific techniques, safety measures, and rescue response and procedures. Improve confidence and comfort in the water, efficiency while diving, bottom time, and awareness all under the guidance of an experienced instructor. Ages 15+ and maximum group size of 4 students.
WHAT WILL I LEARN DURING THE PADI FREEDIVING COURSE?
- How to equalize efficiently
- Different freediving techniques like constant weight freediving and free immersion freediving
- Breath control and "breath-up" techniques
- Static apnea training techniques
- Dynamic apnea training techniques
- Freediving safety and rescue techniques
Glad you asked! Here at DXDivers, we're proud to have an all encompassing facility and dive boat to provide a convenient and relaxing freediving experience. We have a full retail store equipped with over 100 scuba, freediving and spearfishing brands and over 3000 unique products. On-site, we also have a training pool out back and several classrooms upstairs. Best of all, you can hop on our 46-foot Newton custom dive boat, the Lady Go Diver, docked less than a mile from the shop. Did we mention we're the only dive shop in South Florida to have both a full retail dive shop and our own charter boat? We manage every aspect of our operation to better serve you and provide the best possible diving experience.
Yes, anyone who is 15 years old and up, who is willing to work on extending their breath hold, improving their comfort at depth and is interested in safety can take the course. Although there is obviously a physical component to the course, freediving is largely mental.
The freediver must be 15 years old before starting the pool session to get certified.
No, we do not rent personal equipment out for course use. Personal equipment like mask, snorkel and fins are essential to your success. They must fit you well so you can get used to diving with that gear.
For the course, the maximum depth is 60 feet. In order to pass the course, you must reach 30 feet.
The eLearning is at your own pace so it can take as little or as much time as you’d like. The actual pool and dives are a 2-day process, starting with the pool. Please be aware that boat dives are subject to change due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.
Yes, this is a lifetime certification. Make sure to keep sharpening up those freediving skills by joining us for Freedive Fridays, where we either go on the boat or we do a free training session in the pool!
Yes, you must be certified with an accredited agency to be able to freedive off the Lady Go Diver.