Become a certified AIDA2 Freediver
The AIDA 2 Freediver course is the foundational course of the AIDA freediving certifications and covers all of the necessary skills and knowledge to begin your freediving journey. The static and dynamic sessions in confined water are used to teach relaxation, breathing, finning and safety techniques. In the open water sessions, students will apply the skills they have learned in the pool / confined water sessions and combine them with the basic skills of open water freediving such as equalizing, duck diving, vertical swimming, body positioning, turns and use of buoyancy. In our AIDA 2 Freediver course, students will learn to how perform a static apnea of at least 2 minutes, a proper demonstration of dynamic bi fins technique, a constant weight bi-fins dive of at least 12 meters, a simulated black out rescue from at least 5 meters, and how to buddy a diver to at least 10 meters.
AIDA2 Freediver Essentials
Prerequisites
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18 years or older (16 with parental consent).
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Be able to swim 200 meters nonstop without fins,
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or 300 meters nonstop with fins, mask, and snorkel
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Completed the AIDA Medical Release and AIDA Liability release.
Includes
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Online Course Manual.
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Theory session(s)
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Confined water session
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Open water session(s)
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Education on different types of equalization techniques and training.
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Freediving safety training and LMC / black out rescue techniques.
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Pre-diving stretching, breathing, and relaxation routines.
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Expanded and refined knowledge of freediving equipment.
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Certification upon completion.
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Access to the Depth Wish group chat.
Theory Review Session
Theory and knowledge component is broken into 2 parts: – E-learning (from home) – Theory Review Session You can learn the theory portion at your own pace when it is convenient for you. The course will covers the physics and physiology of deeper freediving, technique, buoyancy, hypoxic events, types of freediving disciplines, and more. After which, there will be 1 Theory Review Session scheduled (Online Zoom) where an instructor will go through additional queries and actual application concepts to get you ready for your pool session.
Free Diver Topic
As you descend into the water, the pressure around you increases. Pressure is a key concept of diving as you are subjected to it at depth. In this course, you will learn why it happens and the effects of this increasing pressure with relative to density and volume. This concept can provide you with explanation to some of the magically wonders of the sea and your body. For example, salt water vs fresh water diving and ear popping with pressure.