Freedive Panglao

Courses at Freedive Panglao

At Freedive Panglao we offer a range of Freediving Courses from beginner up to professional levels. If you want to improve specific skills or disciplines we also offer individual training sessions and coaching tailored to your needs.

We have a group of very experienced freediving instructors that are ready to take care of you.

By reading the details you can inform yourself about course length, pricing and content. The price for the AIDA courses includes equipment, manual and certification.

Recreational courses

AIDA1

Discover Freediving

If you have no experiences snorkeling or diving the AIDA 1star Freediver will open your mind to a whole new underwater experience. You will learn some basic theory of Freediving and how to prepare yourself for a breathold dive including breathing, duck dive, finning, buddying and safety techniques.

Duration: 1 day
Price : 120 USD

AIDA2

Open Water Freediver

This is probably the most challenging and rewarding AIDA course. For those who are already confident in the open water this course is your starting point. The course builds a foundation of good technique and safety so that you can buddy with other AIDA 2 star freedivers. This course consists of two theory sessions, two pool session and three open water sessions.

Duration: 2.5 days
Price : 320 USD

AIDA3

Intermediate freediver

interested in going deeper and improving your technique? this course goes into the theory of freediving in more depth which will allow you to understand the physiology and techniques behind diving deeper. the course will help you improve your freediving performance whilst advancing your safety and rescue skills. this course consists of three theory sessions, two pool sessions and four open water sessions.

Duration: 3 days
Price : 440 USD

AIDA4

Advanced freediver

this course takes you to a whole new level of confidence in your freediving. not only will you learn the latest techniques for deeper diving but you will also learn more about conditioning your body for freediving. this course will push you to the limits of your freediving abilities. the aida 4 star is the highest level a recreational freediver can achieve. the aida 4 star can be combined with the competition freediver course for those who want to explore the challenge of competitive freediving. this course consists of three theory sessions, two pool sessions and four open water dives.

Duration: 4 days
Price : 550 USD

Professional courses

AIDA Instuctor

Freedive Professionaly

Now that you have gained so much knowledge and skills on your Freediving journey, you might want to take things one step further and start helping others do the same. The AIDA Freediving Instructor Course is a very intensive course and is usually run over a 8 - 10 day period and involves nearly 40 hours of instruction! You will have to prove your endurance and be able to comfortably dive to 40 meters and hold your breath for over 4 minutes. However the rewards are great - you could ultimately make a living from something you have come to love.

Duration: 8 - 10 days (depending on number of candidates)
Price : 1.400 USD

AIDA Crossover

Already instructor for another agency?

If you are already an Instructor of a Freediving agency and wish to crossover to AIDA, we offer a crossover program. The course is 4-5 days, includes all standards specific to AIDA and will prepare you for teaching AIDA courses.

Duration: 4 - 5 days (depending on number of candidates)
Price : 650 USD

Speciality courses

Mouthfill Course

Learn to master this advanced equalization technique with dry equalization exercises and open water training. Includes diving on Functional Residual Capacity (FRC). Participants must have an AIDA 3star / SSI level2 (or equivalent) certification. Duration of course depends on experience of participant.

Duration: 1 to 3 days
Price per day: 130 USD

Safety freediver

Learn to provide solid safety for your diving buddy in this one-day course. Only depth disciplines. Participants must have a AIDA 2star / SSI level1 (or equivalent) certification.

Duration: 1 day
Price per course: 120 USD

Monofin freediver

Learn the special technics and handling of the monofin.

Duration: 1 to 2 days
Price per day: 120 USD