Level 1 / Wave 1 Freediving Course

Beginner Freediving Course
Sydney & The Central Coast

Level 1 or Wave 1 is where you will learn the foundations of freediving, breath-holding and relaxation in the water. You will learn all the physical and mental techniques to start your freediving journey and dive to a depth of 12-20 metres on a single breath!

This course, held in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and on the Central Coast, is suitable for complete beginners or corporate outings, as well as those who already have freediving, spearing, surfing or diving experience and have not previously completed a freediving course.

If you’re a spearo who is looking to improve your bottom time and fine tune your equalisation technique or you are wanting to become a spearo, this course is ideal for you.

The first day involves knowledge development about freediving and safety, as well as breathing and breath hold techniques and relaxation. This is followed by a pool session to put these techniques into practice, as well as introduce dynamic apnea (swimming distance underwater), and safety training for rescues.

The second day consists of 2 open-water sessions. The first session is designed to get you comfortable with equalisation, free immersion and depth diving techniques. In the afternoon the second open-water session will bring all the skills that you have learnt together in constant weight freediving to get you deep!

All certifications for our courses are recognised world wide.

This course also includes a free Freediving Central training program so you can continue training and progressing in your freediving.

If you’d like to learn more about freediving, check out our ultimate guide to freediving!

Already mastered the freediving basics? Check out our higher level freediving courses below:

Upcoming Dates:

Sydney – Northern Beaches
15-16 April
22-23 April
06-07 May
20-21 May

Central Coast
08-09 April
13-14 May
03-04 June

This Course Includes:

Gear Hire including: mask, snorkel, freediving fins, weight belt and weights. (Wetsuits can be rented with a cleaning fee of $40)
Equalisation techniques
Equalisation problem solving
Relaxation and mental techniques
Skills to hold your breath for 1:30+ mins
Static breath holding
Dynamic (distance) diving
Introduction to DNF – dynamic (distance) diving without fins
2 x depth diving sessions
Skills to dive 20 meters deep on one breath
Rescue procedures
Free training program

Price:

$520

*Please be aware if the weather or water conditions are not suitable in a particular location Freediving Central reserves the right to change the course location.

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Dan and the team run an awesome course. The first day of theory and pool training was great and gives you the foundations and confidence to build on on Day 2 for the shore dive and boat dive and hit some decent depths. I can't recommend this course enough and look forward to getting back out again soon. Thanks again guys.

Just enjoyed the hell out of a 4-day liveaboard freediving trip in the Whitsundays! Excellent instructors, super laid back, supportive and professional, plus an awesome yacht/kitchen crew to match. I went by myself and quickly made about 20 great friends. Highly recommend for all levels of diving experience, including total newbies.

Dan and the team have been amazing to me over the last few years. They are my go-to team for freediving in NSW. They also run awesome diving trips all across Australia and have such great knowledge and experience to share.

Wave 1 course was AMAZING. Dan is a really great instructor! The whole experience was so much fun! Each and every time we went into the water we improved! Coming from being a scuba instructor before this, I was nervous, but now I am a scuba diver turned freediver. I loved it. It was so zen and relaxing and exciting all at the same time. I am hooked! Excited to practice more and improve my skills! Thanks Dan! You were awesome!!

I recently went on Freediving Central's 4-day boat trip around the Whitsundays and can't recommend Dan and the team enough! It was my first time freediving and I'm hooked! The group was a mix of experienced and beginners and they catered to everyone's levels so well, so everyone was reaching their own goals whilst enjoying themselves. I felt completely safe the whole time and had so much fun with the guys. If you're looking for someone to learn or continue learning freediving with, you will not regret going with Dan and the Freediving Central team!!

Absolutely loved learning with these guys. I did my Wave 1 with a small group; it was informative, intimate and so much fun! We had plenty of water time and were able to navigate everything thoroughly and tailored to our abilities. Our instructor Livi Hosking was absolutely outstanding with an incredible wealth of knowledge, experience and patience. Can't wait for Wave 2!