Certification Courses
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• Crossover (if needed) - Thursday evening
•Classroom sessions - Saturday
•Pool sessions - Sunday
4:1 Student to Instructor Ratio
Prerequisites
• AIDA 2 certified or equivalent with crossover eval.
• Age 16 or older
Prerequisites
• Swim 200m non-stop, or 300m with fins, mask, and snorkel
• Age 16 or older
Topics covered include equipment, relaxation, breathing, swim technique, streamlining, duck dives, buoyancy, and turns. Core basic safety skills and knowledge. This is the basic certification that is accepted for freediving and spearfishing events around the world.
This course further develops skills taught in the AIDA 2 course. Advanced safety skills, training knowledge, physiology, and management of risks and hazards arising from depth are included in the curriculum. The course spends a lot of time perfecting the diver's swimming form, minimizing drag, maximizing thrust and relaxation. The diver will swim further, deeper, with less oxygen consumption after the course. This is the certification level recommended by DC Freediving Academy for spearfishing for safe and effective hunting.
Course Strucure
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Hold their breath for 2:45 (STA)
Swim 55m underwater (DYN)
Develop their own training program
Understand the theory required to advance to deeper dives in open water
Swim underwater more efficiently and with less effort!
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Hold their breath for 2:00 (STA)
Swim 40m underwater (DYN)
Participate in pool freediving events around the world
Begin their freediving journey safely and competently!
Upcoming Courses
August 2026
Sept 2026
Schedule too busy to make it work? Any of the courses are available as a private session for an additional fee of $200 dollars.
Contact us at jerry@dcfreediving.com