Apnea Discovery

ABOUT

APNEA DISCOVERY 

This introductory course gives all lovers of the sea the opportunity to experience freediving in a safe and enjoyable way. You will receive the basic skills that you need to become a freediver while practicing the most important aspects of freediving: Correct breathing and relaxation.

This course can be performed in one or two days.

Prerequisites:

• Minimum 12 years of age
• Must demonstrate self-sufficiency in the water without the use of equipment

Content of the course:

 THEORY TOPICS:

1. The discipline of apnea
2. The dive reflex
3. Compensation/Equalization
4. Physical relaxation
5. Diaphragmatic respiration
6. Rules of safety

 EXERCISES (performed in confined and open water):

1. Donning of equipment
2. Entry into water
3. The weighting (buoyancy check)
4. The finstroke
5. The duck dive
6. Compensation/Equalization
7. Clearing the snorkel
8. Practice of safety (the system of pairs)
9. Static apnea (1 session for one day course or 2 sessions for two days course)
10. Dynamic apnea (1 session for one day course or 2 sessions for two days course)
11. Constant weight: Free immersion & constant weight bi-fins (2 sessions for one day course or 4 sessions for two days course)

Maximum depth: 10 meters

Price: 600 ILS for one day course, 1000 ILS for two days course

*The price includes insurance, certification letter, freediving equipment, transportation and photos+videos from the course.