Course overview

The PADI Freediver course on Koh Tao teaches you to explore the ocean on a single breath, in calm, warm and clear Gulf waters well suited to breath-hold training. Over confined-water and open-water sessions you develop breathing techniques and equalisation to reach a target depth of around 16 metres on a guided line.

What you’ll learn

• Apply breathing and relaxation techniques for breath-hold diving
• Perform a static apnoea breath-hold
• Practise dynamic apnoea finning underwater
• Equalise efficiently while descending head-down
• Use proper buddy procedures and safety for freediving
• Reach a constant-weight target depth of around 16 metres

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 15 (PADI Freediver)
• Able to swim and be comfortable in water
• No prior freediving experience required
• Diver medical questionnaire / fitness to dive

What's included · What's not

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory & relaxation

   Learn breathing, relaxation and equalisation techniques for breath-hold diving.
2. Day1
   Confined-water apnoea

   Practise static and dynamic apnoea in confined water with a buddy and safety procedures.
3. Day2
   Open-water depth training

   Apply constant-weight technique on a guided line in the calm Gulf, working toward a target depth of around 16 metres.

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