Freediving

Passant Elrayes, AIDA Freediving instructor & Youth Freediving Instructor, can prepare swimmers from 6 to 99 years old who desire a confortable freediving experience and meet the marine life in complete freedom.

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What is freediving?

Have you ever dreamed of passively exploring the underwater world free from equipment? Freediving is the most natural and serene way to explore the depths of the oceans with minimal impact. It is also the ultimate way to free yourself and spend more time enjoying the beauty and silence of the sea. Anyone who has held their breath underwater has freedived. However, freediving is not simply about seeing how long you can hold your breath or how deep you can go on a single breath. You have to create the right attitude and pay attention to the limits of your body and mind. The true appeal of freediving is in the silence and calm it brings to people’s hectic lives.

Freediving Education

AIDA courses set the standard in international freediving education.

The AIDA ladder supports your development as a freediver all the way from beginner to instructor level.

You can enter the AIDA education ladder either at the * (Introductory) or ** (Foundation) level depending on how comfortable you feel in the water.

The AIDA education ladder is about but building your skills for safe controlled freediving.

Below: Details of education and Price list

AIDA1 INTRODUCTION TO FREEDIVING

·Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)

·Be able to swim at least 100m non-stop

Requirements: none

Minimum water sessions: 1

This course offers a basic knowledge of freediving and introductory skills such as relaxation of body and mind, kicking techniques, duck dives and equalization.

AIDA2 FREEDIVER

·Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)

·Can swim at least 200m non-stop without fins or at least 300m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel

Requirements: 2 minutes STA; 40 meters DYN, 12 meters CWT, theoretical exam

Minimum water sessions: 5

The static and dynamic sessions in confined water are used to teach relaxation, breathing, safety and kicking techniques. In the open water sessions students will apply the skills they have learned in the pool / confined water sessions and combine them with the basic skills of open water freediving such as equalizing, duck diving, vertical swimming, body positioning, turns and use of buoyancy. The freediving theory will include: Introduction to Freediving, Freediving Breathing Cycle, Basic Physiology of Freediving, Equalization, Freediving Techniques, Safety in Freediving, Equipment in Freediving, Freediving Disciplines.

AIDA3 ADVANCED FREEDIVER

·Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)

·Can swim at least 200m non-stop without fins or at least 300m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel

·Have completed the AIDA2 course or have completed the AIDA2 Crossover Evaluation if crossing over from another freediving agency

Requirements: 2:45 minutes STA; 55 meters DYN, 24 meters CWT, theoretical exam

Minimum water sessions: 6

The course is designed to further develop skills from previous levels, to acquire new skills and gain a higher knowledge of safety procedures and techniques. The new techniques that are introduced are free-fall, Frenzel Equalizing, the use of training tables, the risks of increasing and decreasing pressure and also how to minimize these risks. Students will train these skills in the most common disciplines of freediving: Static Apnea, Dynamic Apnea, Free Immersion and Constant Weight.

Theory will include: Physiology, Equalization, Barotrauma, Lungs at Depth, Buoyancy, Shallow Water Blackout, Training Concepts, The Mammalian Dive Response, Decompression Sickness , Surface Intervals and the Freediver’s Code of Conduct.

AIDA YOUTH COURSES

AIDA Youth Program teaches water skills to children from 6 to 15 years old.

There are three courses for children from 6 to 11 years old: Bronze Dolphin, Silver Dolphin or Gold Dolphin. Each of them takes from 3 days of teaching. 4 days AIDA Junior course is for adolescents from 12 to 15 years old. Each of the Youth courses has a section for parents educating them on proper post-course supervision of children in the water.

Price list

COURSES	EUROS
AID BRONZE- SILVER- GOLD DOLPHIN	260
AIDA JUNIOR	260
AIDA FREEDIVER *	100
AIDA FREEDIVER **	250
AIDA FREEDIVER ***	300
AIDA FREEDIVER ****	410
AIDA INSTRUCTOR	990
TRAINING SESSION
One training session a day	EUROS
1 PAX	35
2 PAX	30
3 PAX	25
Two training sessions a day	EUROS
1 PAX	60
2 PAX	50
3 PAX	40
COMBOS	EUROS
AIDA 2 + 3	500
AIDA 3 + 4	660
TRIPS	EUROS
Ras Mohamed
2 pax	150
3 pax	140
Nabq or Ras Abu Galum
2 pax	140
3 pax	130

Contact for Info & Reservation

info@bluerealdiving.com or by phone: 00201002666067