1st Level
Entry requirements
- Minimum age: 14
- Medical certificate: issued in the last twelve months
Theory lessons contents
- Equipment
- Basic Physiology
- Compensation
- Basic Physics Laws
- Safe diving practices
- Do's-Don'ts
- Breathing technique
- Environmental awareness
- Knowledge of the local environment
- Introducing diving exercises
Practical lessons contents
- Free-style swimming
- Propulsion
- Breathing
- Compensation
- Mask clearing
- Water entry – basic technique
The course is addressed to persons with little or no experience in free diving. By the end of the course students will be in position to achieve:
- 25 metres dynamic apnea
- Free diving at 8 metres with fixed weights