RAID Static and Dynamic apnea Freediver Courses
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Freediving is the purest form of diving. Learn the proper techniques to explore deep underwater on a single breath of air, familiarize yourself with the adventure of Freediving and how to turn this into a life long love affair with the ocean and all the amazing creatures that call it home.
FREEDIVING COURSE COST £150 each. £250 for both
Payment can be made in increments with an initial deposit of £50, the course cost of £150 (£250 for both) or alternatively the full amount can be made at the start.
Price includes, all equipment, course materials and pool fees. Entrance fees to dive site are charged separately if applicable.
RAID Static & Dynamic Apnea Courses
Interested in improving your breathing control, sharpening focus, and swimming further underwater — with or without fins? The RAID Static & Dynamic Apnea Specialty Certification Courses provide the perfect introduction to pool-based freediving skills and training.
Static Apnea (£150)
Static Apnea is the freediving discipline focused on breath-holding while remaining still on the water’s surface. During this pool-based course, you will learn how to perform static breath holds safely and comfortably while developing effective relaxation and mental control techniques.
The training covers methods to enhance breath-hold performance, both in and out of the water, alongside essential safety procedures. You’ll also practise proper buddy techniques, including supervision, coaching, and rescue responses in the unlikely event of a hypoxic incident.
This course helps refine technique, build confidence, and explore the mental aspects of freediving while working toward an internationally recognised certification.
Dynamic Apnea (£150)
Dynamic Apnea involves swimming underwater in a pool environment, either using fins or without them. Suitable for beginners and experienced freedivers alike, this course focuses on efficient underwater movement and performance development.
You’ll learn finning techniques, body positioning, buoyancy awareness, streamlining, and safe buddy procedures, along with rescue skills. Participants will also be introduced to structured training methods and may have the opportunity to try dynamic apnea using a monofin (limited sizes available).
Certification is awarded upon successful completion of both course once requirements are met.
Who Is the Static Apnea Course For?
Beginner or experienced freedivers, mermaid performers, SCUBA and technical SCUBA divers wanting confidence in the ability to deal with situations underwater and spearfishers wanting to increase breath-hold ability
Who Is the Dynamic Apnea Course For?
Freedivers, mermaids, and spearfishers seeking improved finning efficiency and longer underwater swims. Scuba divers wishing to refine propulsion and hydrodynamics. Competition-focused freedivers and those wanting to tran over winter. Snorkellers wanting to advance their underwater skills
What Will I Learn on the Dynamic Apnea Course?
Breathing preparation and recovery techniques for dynamic apnea. Safe execution of Dynamic Apnea with fins (DYNB). Techniques for Dynamic Apnea without fins (DNF). Effective buddying procedures. How to structure training sessions and use apnea training tables. Rescue and response skills for hypoxic situations
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If you cannot find any dates for the above course, please contact steve@freedivers.co.uk or call +44 (0) 7940 998915 and we will accommodate you the best we can.
NOTE: Make sure you have the correct course location as there may be a few.
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Congratulations – you’re all done. We will send you an email in the next day or two with further course information including some exercises to start off with.
Course fees include pool fees and equipment. For AIDA courses the certification costs are due at the end of the course you wish to be signed off for, normally 20 Euros per certification. The PADI courses include the first certification when you purchase the Freediver Touch. Open water fees are not included, some sites are free, some charge and that is payable locally.
Yes – all equipment is provided, the school carries full kit, enough to kit several groups at once, so sizing is rarely an issue.
We have a cross over chart so that we can enrol you onto the appropriate course. Also those agencies that are not recognised, we can find fair ways of enrolling you onto the appropriate course and getting value from it. A freediver is a freediver, as well as rules being rules.
18 years old to become a Freediver, if you have parental permission and you are joining with a parent, the age is 16 years of age.
12 months unless you visit us in-between that time and do some refresher training, then it can last another 12 months from that date. It is also possible to be signed off at the Pool Freediver level you are at (you would be charged a nominal fee for the certification if doing it using this method). Most people however want to move onto the open water section of the course and complete the full Freediver course.
You can get fit doing the sport! General health is important for safety, you will get a medical form to fill in, it is a self-declaration form. If you have any significant medical problems (heart/lungs, diabetes, asthma for example) you would need to see a Doctor first to see if the sport was for you. Many people have mild symptoms that do not preclude them from the sport with a Doctors permission, however a serious condition would likely stop you. You will benefit from a basic level of fitness, but being slightly overweight or slightly unfit won’t stop you from doing really well in the course. It is something you can work on.
We have put together some useful exercises and a reading pack for you to help you during the course. It is not compulsory to do this, however highly recommended.
