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PADI Basic Freediving

Best Basic Freediver Course from Bigbubble Diving School, the premier diving school in Koh Tao, Thailand.

FREEDIVING

PADI Basic Freediving

Nemo (Standard)

6,500 THB

This price is including

PADI Basic Freediver e – learning.

Diving equipment rental during the program.

Confine water training session.

1 Days of Open water training

Dive Insurance.

Water, Coffee, Tea on board.

Taxi service pick-up and-drop of form hotel (main area only).

Turtle (1 person travel)

8,000 THB

This price is including

PADI Basic Freediver e – learning.

Diving equipment rental during the program.

Confine water training session.

1 Days of Open water training

Dive Insurance.

Water, Coffee, Tea on board.

Taxi service pick-up and-drop of form the pier.

2 night's accommodation with air conditioning and hot shower (1 person stay). 

Breakfast.

Whale Shark (2 person travel)

13,500 THB

This price is including

PADI Basic Freediver e – learning.

Diving equipment rental during the program.

Confine water training session.

1 Days of Open water training

Dive Insurance.

Water, Coffee, Tea on board.

Taxi service pick-up and-drop of form the pier.

2 night's accommodation with air conditioning and hot shower (2 person stay). 

Breakfast.

Note:

When selecting the booking time for your diving course, please be aware that the course schedules are predetermined. Please read the details for each course carefully.

PADI Basic Freediving

The PADI Basic Freediving course is a two-day introduction program with certification that allows you to dive without equipment and learn how to hold your breath in both pool practice and ocean enjoyment. A PADI basic freediving course allows you to enjoy underwater adventures while being taught to a high standard. The basic course focuses on diving for fun and safety. It’s appropriate for the people who don’t want to dive too hard but still want to have fun.

PADI free diving consist of two sections:

Knowledge development: During this session, you will receive a PADI Basic Freediver e-learning that will help you obtain more understanding about freediving theory with all of this topic (The Physics of freediving, The Physiology of freediving, Freediving equipment, Freediving skills, The  Open water environment, Aquatic life, Safe freediving practice) before we go to the confine water session, and you must complete the knowledge review questions and quick review questions in all sections (Learning on your own) and you will do the final exam with your instructor.

Confine water: In a controlled environment, such as a pool, students learn freediving techniques. This includes equipment setup and donning, static and dynamic apnea, rescuing a diver with LMC, rescuing a diver faking blackout underwater, general open water freediving skills, and a 200-metre swim without swim aids or a 300-metre swim with mask, fin, and snorkel.

Open Water ( Optional)

 

PADI Basic Freediver course itinerary.

First day

At 2 p.m., there will be a class and a presentation on The Physics of Freediving, The Physiology of Freediving, Freediving Equipment, Freediving Skills, The Open Water Environment, Aquatic Life, and Safe Freediving Practice.

Second day

At 9 AM you will be going to the pool to practice holding your breath, how to kick, and how to equalize your ear.

At 12 p.m. (Optional) you are going to the ocean for a PADI Basic freediver open water This session will include safety lanyards, equipment donning and entering, free immersion (draw down) and weighting, constant weight freediving, rescue practice, and recreation freediving.

PADI Basic Freediver Certification Requirements

  • Demonstrate the ability to swim continuously on the surface 200 metres without swim aids, or 300 metre using mask, fins and snorkel.
  • Complete knowledge development segment, including knowledge review, freediver exam and quick review.
  • Complete Freediver confined water session. Make one static apnea attempt of at least 90 seconds and one dynamic apnea must be at least 25 metre.

PADI Basic Freediver prerequisite

  • 12 years old
  • Able to swim continuously on the surface 200 metres without swim aids, or 300 metres using mask, fins and snorkel.
  • Medically fit to dive
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