Freediving is about inward power, discipline and control. If you’ve always wanted to enter the underwater world quietly, on your own terms, staying as long as your breath allows, then freediving is for you. Taking the PADI Freediver course in Costa Rica is your first step toward discovering why freediving is becoming a popular way to explore beneath the waves.

 

Prerequisites:

- Minimum 15 years of age (under 18 years requires parental consent)

- Be able to swim

- No prior experience with Freediving required

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Course content:

- Theory: Freediving Equipment, physiology, techniques and safety

- Dry training: Equalization and Breathing & relaxation techniques

- Confined water training: Finning technique, static & dynamic apnea, safety skills

- Open water training: Equalization, duck diving, body positioning & streamlining, safety & rescue

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Included:

- Highly experienced professional Freediving instructor
- Freediving equipment and Boat fees

- PADI Freediver Touch (Digital student manual) and PADI Certification Card (upon successful completion)

- Video analysis and Souvenir Photo/video

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Certification requirements:

At the end of the course students should be able to hold their breath for at least 1:30 minutes, swim 25m/80ft in dynamic apnea and perform comfortable dives beyond 10m/30ft depth.

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Need more time to meet the requirements?

No problem at all! Add as many training day(s) as you need to finish the course.

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Ready for a deeper experience?

Get a 10% discount on multiple courses, e.g., combine Freediver and Advanced Freediver courses in 5 days for US$710.

* 13% VAT is not included in the price