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Classes
Our philosophy
To learn a new discipline or to improve in it, we need good conditions.
Thus, at Azores Freediving, we have chosen to welcome a maximum of 2 students per instructor for the Try Freedives and a maximum of 4 for all our other courses. The teaching is done on a workshop composed of a large round buoy to which is suspended a weighted rope. The rope serves as a guide, a reference and an aid to immersion.
Come with peace of mind, we offer you all the freediving equipment for the duration of your course.
The departures are done from a large and comfortable semi-rigid boat or from the shore and the swimming pool sessions in our partner hotel. We offer daily snacks, water and tea.
Training to freedive in the Azores is a sport with a unique added dimension. Indeed, through your training, you will be able to say that you are an "Ocean Freediver", in other words a freediver who knows how to adapt in a moving environment, with currents and waves. A unique experience because your training, also made of excursion, will provide you with intense moments of viewing a passing turtle, a school of white trevally or even a Mobula ray.
We bet you will come away totally amazed!
Try Freedive 130€
1 day
Includes 10€ of AIDA1 certification. Equipement & insurance apnea included.
Prerequisite: Be able to swim 100m non stop.
Program of the day
Morning
- Relaxation and stretching by the pool
- Static Apnea
Snack - Debriefing
Afternoon
- Vertical freediving in the ocean
- Excursion to one of our favorite sites
Debriefing - Certification
Your discoveries after this day
- Relaxation, complete & recovery breathing
- Duck dive, finning, equalization
- Safety at the surface in pairs
- Free immersion up to 10m deep (max.)
Bonus : You will be offered an initiatory freediving manual and some nice souvenir photos!
Discovery 250€
2 days
Includes 10€ of AIDA1 certification. Equipment and insurance apnea included.
Prerequisite: Be able to swim 100m non stop.
Program over 2 days
- 2 relaxation and stretching sessions
- 2 sessions of apnea in the pool : STA + DYN
- 2 sessions of vertical freedive in the ocean
- 2 excursions to 2 of our favorite sites
Your discoveries at the end of these 2 days
- Relaxation, complete & recovery breathing
- Duck dive, finning, equalization
- Safety on the rope and during excursion in pairs
- Behaviour code while freediving in pairs in the ocean
- Free immersion up to 20m deep (max.)
Bonus : In addition to an initiatory freediving manual, you will be offered nice photos and videos memories !
Possibility of validating some AIDA2 items during the course.
Immersion 380€
3 days
Includes 20€ of AIDA2 certification. Equipment and insurance apnea included.
Prerequisite: Be able to swim 200m without fins or 300m with fins non stop.
Program over 3 days
- 2 relaxation and stretching sessions
- 2 sessions of apnea in the pool : STA + DYN
- Theory review and exam
- 3 sessions of vertical freedive in the ocean
- 2 excursions to 2 of our favorite sites
What you will learn in this training
- Precise theoretical knowledge of apnea
- Relaxation, complete & recovery breathing have no more secrets for you
- Efficient duck dives and finning
- You know how to define your buoyancy
- You know how to equalize gently
- You know how to do surface and deep rescue
In a nutshell
- You will hold your breath for 2 minutes
- You will be able to swim 40m long just below the surface on a single breath
- You will freedive with bi fins to a depth of 20m (minimum 12m)
A written exam completes this practice
(75% correct answers required)
Bonus : In addition to a freediving manual rich in teaching, you will be offered nice photos and videos memories !
Sensation 410€
3 days
Includes 20€ of AIDA3 certification. Equipment and insurance apnea included. Crossover AIDA2 (+120€)
Prerequisite: AIDA 2 or equivalent.
Program over 3 days
- 2 relaxation and stretching sessions
- 3 sessions of apnea in the pool : STA + DYN
- Theory review and exam
- 4 sessions of vertical freedive in the ocean
- 1 excursion to one of our favourite site
What you will have learned at the end of this training
- A thorough knowledge of the discipline and the tools to progress with your partner
- How to prepare, practice and recover from your freediving session
- The discovery of the free fall
- Increased confidence as a safety freediver diver
- How to deal with the unexpected during your freediving session
In a nutshell
- You will hold your breath for 2 min 45 s
- You will be able to swim 55m long just below the surface on a single breath
- You will freedive with bi fins to a depth of 30m (minimum 24m)
A written exam completes this practice
(75% correct answers required)
Bonus : If the weather is good, we take you to Ambrosio to experience your 30m dive among the Mobulas rays! We will take care of immortalizing this Kodak moment for You !
Equalization Courses
Free Equalization Check on request. Online courses held from November to May.
START Course 250€
From Valsalva to Frenzel
You would like to freedive but you struggle to equalize ? Your ears are painful, you don't know what to do to make it happen ?
Let's us teach you the way to do it and make your dreams come true !
Program content & Target
- Understand how equalization works and why your way to equalize for diving does not necessarily works for freediving
- Learn step by step how to change your way to equalize
- 1-year access to the Share Equalization platform : Dry exercices, demo videos, advice
- 5 online and private sessions of 1h with us to guide you toward all the exercices
Congrats, you became Frenzel, let's go freediving now !
DEEP Course 200€
From Frenzel to
Mouthfill - Frenzel-Fattah
You equalize head first without any difficulties until you reach a certain depth ?
Let us teach you the way to go further down and extend your dives to the deep blue !
Program content & Target
- Understand how equalization works, how to store more air and how to use it to go further down
- Learn step by step the Mouthfill Frenzel-Fattah and reverse packing techniques
- 1-year access to the Share Equalization platform : Dry exercices, demo videos, advice
- 4 online and private sessions of 1h with us to guide you through all the exercices
Congrats, you became an Evolved Frenzel freediver, let's go deeper now !
Recommendation & information
The above classes are available from the age of 16 and the AIDA Junior course (please contact us in case of interest) from the age of 12, subject to parental consent. We also give private lessons of monofin (provided) in the pool or in the sea from 100€ for a 2h session. More information via our contact section.
We advise you to stay on the island for more days than those planned for your course. Indeed, we sometimes have to adapt the program for weather reasons. In addition, you will appreciate to have one or two days off to walk around and/or enjoy some excursions in addition to your training.
Note: The Immersion and Sensation courses do not necessarily lead to a certification equivalent to the level targeted. At least, you will be certified at the lower level and you will be given a certificate of competence allowing you to validate the missing items within one year with the AIDA instructor of your choice.