Sydney is one of the best places in Australia to learn to freedive. Clear water, easy access from the city, and dive sites that suit everyone from a nervous first-timer to a diver chasing 30 metres.
We run freediving courses across Sydney every weekend of the year, from a one-day pool-based introduction through to Sunday depth sessions on the Northern Beaches. Most people arrive unsure they can hold their breath for a minute. Most leave diving deeper than they expected, because we teach relaxation first and depth second.
Whether you surf, spearfish, snorkel, or simply love being in the ocean, there is a course here that starts where you are. Groups are small, all your gear is included, and nobody is ever pushed deeper than they want to go.
Our Sydney courses are based in the Eastern Suburbs. Day one theory and pool work runs at the UNSW Aquatic Centre, 8.30am to 3.00pm. Day two moves into the ocean at Gordons Bay, 8.30am to 2.30pm, a sheltered bay that is hard to beat for a first open-water dive.
Depth training runs every Sunday at two sites, so you can keep progressing after your course. The Spit on the Northern Beaches gives you up to 33 metres of line for serious depth work. Gordons Bay in the Eastern Suburbs gives you up to 17 metres, which is plenty for building technique and comfort.
Every course includes your gear: mask, snorkel, freediving fins, weight belt and weights. Wetsuits are available for hire with a $40 cleaning fee. Payment plans are available on all courses, and we take group and corporate bookings if you would rather learn alongside people you already know.
The weekend is the start, not the end. Most people who come through a Sydney course keep diving with us afterwards, at Sunday depth sessions, midweek pool training and social dives around the harbour and the coast.
That community is the part people talk about most. Plenty of divers book their first course alone, and leave with a group chat, a set of buddies, and a standing invitation to the next dive. It is the same crew who end up on our trips together, whether that is snorkelling with seals at Montague Island or heading further afield to Bali, Fiji or Tonga.
You do not need to be the fittest or the deepest diver in the group to belong in it. Come for the diving, stay for the people.
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