The Level 1 Freediver course is an exciting adventure into the art of Freediving. We cover all of the fundamental techniques to help you feel safe, comfortable and confident in your breath-holding ability. By the end of two days you will have all of the skills and knowledge to take you to 20 meters (and beyond) on one breath! Upon completion of the course requirements you will be a certified Freediver, ready to dive with friends all over the world or continue on to take more courses and see just how deep you can go!
We generally run Level 1 Courses every two days. Here is an example of how the Level 1 Course runs and what you will learn.

On the Level 1 course we begin with breathing exercises to familiarize you with safe pre-dive breathing, how to relax while holding your breath and how to recover quickly after a dive. Then we practice dynamic apnea (swimming horizontally, beneath the surface on a breath-hold) in our 25 meter swimming pool to work on efficient finning technique and body position. After the pool session we take our boat out to a suitable location (location changes daily depending on tides, current and depth needed for freedivers that day) where we spend 1.5-2 hours diving in the ocean. In the first session our main goal is relaxation and efficient technique, with that, the dives are easy and you are confident. After our dive session we return to our center and take a lunch break. The afternoon is spent talking about the theory of freediving, physiology, and safety.
On day two we begin with a warm up routine that consists of breathing, yoga and breath-holds to prepare for the dive session. Then we go out on our boat and again practice for 1.5-2 hours. On day two we go deeper and stay longer and practice safety skills to boost your confidence. After this session we hop back on the boat and go for a snorkel around the reef to put everything you have learned into practice! In the afternoon we cover training for freediving and you write a (very small) exam.
The course begins at 8.30am and we finish around 4 - 4.30 pm. You will need to arrive to GiliTrawangan the day before your course begins to be here on time (unless you are coming on a very early boat from Lombok). We take a lunch break usually between 1:30-2:30 pm on both days. If you need to travel on the final day of your course we can arrange to start earlier in the morning so that you can leave on an afternoon boat back to Lombok of Bali just please let us know if this is the case so we can schedule accordingly.

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