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.

1. 4.8m
2. 4.3m
3. 5.5m
4. 7.1m
5. 7.7m
6. 9.3m
7. 5.8m
8. 7.1m
9. 6.5m
10. 7.9m
11. 8.0m
12. 9.2m
13. 10.3m
14. 10.4m
15. 10.4m
16. 11.2m
17. 11.5m
18. 11.8m

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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