YOUR ADVENTURE
Come and try freediving with this 1-day discovery course, diving Africa in Seychelles! Our freediving course will see you gliding through the best tropical freediving Seychelles has to offer in the crystal east coast African waters.
Discover the world of freediving at your own pace as a complete beginner, or advance your current diving abilities. You’ll have plenty of guidance with a focus on the fun of freediving without specific training objectives.
- Complete your 1-day discover freediving AIDA 1 course
- Flexible availability: contact us to schedule dates that suit you
- Find your natural flow and ultimate underwater comfort
- Master techniques to enhance every underwater experience
- Be comfortable diving up to 10m / 33ft.
Be inspired by the secrets of freediving and your natural physiological adaptations. This will be an adventure of fun and underwater bliss. Diving Africa, but more importantly, diving Seychelles is an exotic island experience for absolutely everyone.
INCLUDES
We’re diving Africa all year. Contact us to schedule the freediving course dates that suit you.
- 1-day AIDA 1 freediving course
- Learn the basic theory of Freediving and breath-holding secrets
- Body position techniques, how to use equipment, equalisation of the ears, safety and buddying
- Small and intimate course for maximum guidance
- Freediving equipment, insurance, boat fees, pool fees
- One session of each: theory, breathing/relaxation, confined water, open water diving up to 10m / 33ft
- Insurance and digital AIDA 1 manual and certificate.
We’ll be learning in a very calm and fun bite-sized way with practical lessons throughout the day.
NEED TO KNOW
Your AIDA 1 Freediving course will see you comfortably diving to depths of up to 10m, but this is not a requirement. We’ll be exploring breath-holding and diving in a comfortable and natural way without any performance requirements.
Prerequisites:
- Be 17+ years of age, or 16 with parent/guardian consent
- Ability to swim at least 100m non-stop
- Complete the standard AIDA freediving health/medical declaration.
WHAT TO BRING
Diving gear is included in your booking. Diving Seychelles will be most comfortable with all your essentials including:
- Bathers, towel, reef safe sunscreen, sunglasses and hat
- Reusable water bottle
- We’ll take a 15min boat ride for our open water session – bring travel calm tablets if you’re prone to motion sickness
- There are nearby food stalls to buy lunch.
ITINERARY
Prepare for 1 epic day of freediving at Beau Vallon from 9:30am to 4pm, with an hour lunch break.
THEORY: Equipment for freediving. Breathing for freediving. Equalisation techniques. Safety and buddying.
BREATHING AND RELAXATION: Optimal breathing techniques and learning how the breath alone can help you relax. Post-dive recovery breathing for safety.
CONFINED WATER SESSION: Static apnea training (practising breath holding on the surface). Understanding, experiencing and finding comfort with contractions. Safety and buddy techniques.
OPEN WATER: We’ll take a quick 15min boat ride from Beau Vallon. We will progress your depth adaptation comfortably by learning equalization, duck diving, body positioning, finning style, Free Immersion (pulling with your hands along the rope) and Constant Weight (using your legs/fins to kick along the rope), safety and buddying.
TRAVEL GUIDELINES
For international travel, please ensure you understand the latest restrictions, travel and health requirements for both directions of your journey by visiting relevant government and visa websites.
GETTING AROUND
Flying into Seychelles International Airport on Mahé, you’re a quick 15-minute drive to the island hub of Victoria. We operate from Beau Vallon, a stunning beach that lies 3km / 1.8mi west of here accessible by car, taxi, bike or bus.
THINGS TO DO
- Dine at one of the many waterfront restaurants and resorts
- Try local rum at the Takamaka Rum Distillery
- Hike to the secluded Anse Major beach
- Go on a guided island excursion
OPERATOR CANCELLATION POLICY
Freedive Adventures offers 14-days cancellation with the exception of last-minute bookings. Refunds are not available after this timeframe.