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Key West USA

Location Info

Classroom and Pool Sessions
  • Florida Keys Community College Aquatics, 5901 College Road, Key West, FL 33040
Open Water Sessions
  • We will be using a boat from Lost Reef Adventures 261 Margaret Street, Key West, FL 33040. The cost of the boat is $50/day.  

Equipment Requirements

  • Mask, fins and snorkel - Preferably low volume mask and long blade fins or mono fin.
  • Wetsuit with gloves and boots - 3mm freediving suit is required for pool and ocean sessions.  Good freediving suit with attached hood is perfect. If your hood is not attached please bring a seperate one.
  • Weights and weight belt - Having a rubber weight belt with an assortment of smaller weights to adjust for proper buoyancy.
  • Depth and/or timing device - A waterproof watch at the very least, better yet a freediving computer is perfect.

Check out general gear recommendations.

Don't worry about lines, floats and those sorts of things, we'll bring that.  We also travel with an assortment of freediving computers for you to try out as well.  Along with all of this we'll video your clinic so you can review each day, your skills in the water as they improve. 

Accomidation nearby

There are many different options for accomidations. PFI is staying at The Conch House Bed and Breakfast. For more information please contact Sam Holland.

Clinic Schedule

The following schedule is subject to change. If you are doing the Basic clinic then you will take part in the first two days. The course starts at 8am sharp. Full course payment is due at this time.

Day 1- Saturday

8:00am - 3:00pm: Classroom
  • Introduction & Registration
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Equipment
  • Breathing / Proper Ventilations
  • Physics of Freediving
3:00pm - 6:00pm: Pool session (3 hrs)
  • Rescue Skills
  • Technique Development
  • Static and Dynamic Evaluation

Day 2 - Sunday

8:00am - 10:00am: Pool session
  • Pool Training Exercises - stretching/yoga
  • Static and Dynamic Performance

11:0am - 1:00pm: Classroom

  • Psychological Aspects of Freediving
  • Land Based Training Exercises
2:00pm - 6:00pm: Open Water
  • Warm-upsFree Immersion
  • Rescue Evaluations
  • Technique Development

Day 3 - Monday

8:00am - 1:00pm: Classroom

  • Physiology of Freediving
  • Psychological Aspects of Freediving  
2:00pm -6:00pm: Open Water
  • Warm-upsFree Immersion
  • Rescue Evaluations
  • Technique Development

Day 4 - Tuesday

9:00am - 12:00pm: Open Water

  • Warm-ups
  • Free Immersion
  • Rescue Evaluations
  • Technique Development
1:00pm - 3:00pm: Wrap up session (optional)
  • Training Schedule Development
  • Class wrap-up

See our course schedule to register.

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Freediving or breath-hold diving is a type of advanced snorkeling and water adventure that allows us to experience the sights, sounds and challenges of the most natural of underwater experiences.

Human evolution and development has ingrained us with an underwater potential the same as our marine cousins, whales, seals and dolphins.

Without the use of underwater breathing apparatus, freedivers on a single breath of air can explore the underwater realm for minutes at a time with relative comfort.

Freediving is about the comfort and exploration of the ocean realm for recreation, spearfishing, competition or personal discovery.

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