I completed the PADI Freediver course. It’s been a course I’ve wanted to do for a few years. After scuba diving for so long, I was never sure if freediving was something I’d be comfortable with.

The only way I could figure that out safely was to take a course. It’s really challenging physically and mentally but I found that I was pretty comfortable with it.

Looking back on it, the day in the pool was relatively easy.

Pool Day

The day in the ocean was a lot for me as a first-time freediver. I did 18 freedives and progressively worked my way down to 12m. Each freedive was less than a minute. I can do a “static” breath hold for almost 2 minutes but doing a “dynamic” breath hold while finning down the line is a much different scenario!

 

Ocean Day

My depth progression throughout the day.

Freedive	Time (seconds)	Depth (metres)
1	34	4.8
2	30	4.3
3	34	5.5
4	37	7.1
5	39	7.7
6	44	9.3
7	34	5.8
8	44	7.1
9	39	6.5
10	42	7.9
11	44	8.0
12	48	9.2
13	53	10.3
14	64	10.4
15	61	10.4
16	64	11.2
17	72	11.5
18	65	11.8

We did the loss of motor control (LMC) rescue scenario and ended the day with the shallow water blackout (SWB) rescue.

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