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"Open Water FreeDiver" Course
(AIDA *** FreeDiver)
Continue your FreeDiving training at our facility
at Vobster Quay in Somerset
We are delighted to announce a raft of FreeDiver training courses at the
beautiful dive site of Vobster Quay in Somerset, UK. Our AIDA certified courses
run with open water practicals at weekends, and pool sessions
during the week in either Bath or London.
This course is for intermediate and advanced freedivers. It will look in more
detail and depth about physiology, psychology, physics and freediving safety.
More advanced buddying and rescue skills will be covered as well as performance
freediving and deeper recreational diving. If you are a *** freediver then
you can supervise a BFA affiliated club pool session and teach the BFA pool
induction if you have been observed leading a session first by a BFA committee
member who is also an AIDA instructor.
The Course
We run a 3 day weekend course at Vobster Quay in Somerset, combining classroom
theory with practical exercises in the open water of the Quay. In addition
there are requisite pool sessions run during the weekend.
The
course will run from 08.30 to 17.00 on
all days. At the end of the course students will qualify with a AIDA (International
Association for the Development of Apnea) *** qualification.
What's Included
The package on offer is probably the most comprehensive available. Included
in your course fee is:
- Entrance to Vobster Quay
- Use of the BFA "Lily Pad" diving platform
- Entrance to pool for pool session
- Equipment hire (mask, fins, weight belt and weight, snorkel, neoprene
gloves and socks, lanyard)
- The DeeperBlue.net Manual of FreeDiving
- Pool Training & Dry Practice Course Materials
- Lunch
- Snacks and beverages on both days
- AIDA Certification as *** FreeDiver (depending on performance)
- Certificate showing you have completed the course
- Significant discounts on purchasing equipment and apparel
What's NOT Included
There are a small number of things not included in your course fee:
- Wetsuit hire (this can be arranged through Vobster Quay - information on
this is in the Course Pack)
- 10 GBP refundable deposit paid to Vobster Quay for return of their security key
ring at the end of each open water day
- Accommodation and meal on Saturday night
How long is the course?
- The course takes place over three days at Vobster Quay in Somerset.
What are the performance requirements and prerequisites?
There are some minimum requirements for people to attend this course. These
are listed below:
- AIDA *** Freediver Qualification
- Prerequisites
- Knowledge development
- Classroom session
- Exam- pass mark 75%
- Performance Requirements - Pool sessions
- Static Apnea- 2 minutes 45 seconds
- Dynamic Apnea- 55 metres
- Performance Requirements - Open Water
- Constant weight 24m
- Rescue from 15m
- Tow freediver on surface 25m on surface
- Remove own mask at 10m and ascend to surface
- Pull up from 15m after stimulated leg cramp
- Buddying at least 4 times
Cost
The course is available at fantastic value of 449 GBP. To take advantage of
this fabulous opportunity to progress your FreeDiver training please
proceed
to our 2008
Course Selection page and choose which Open Water weekend you'd
like to attend. Further details of the Pool sessions will be contained in your
Course Pack.
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