FREEDIVING COURSES IN CAPE TOWN
DIVE INTO A NEW WORLD
Cape Town, the jewel at the tip of South Africa, is the perfect place to explore the incredible world below the waves.
We offer an incredible mix of freediving and snorkeling opportunities from seal and kelp forest adventures to training in freshwater lakes and world-class swimming pools. Our recreational adventure courses are for those who want to explore our amazing oceans and our sport courses are for those who want to enter the world of competitive freediving.
Adventure is only one breath away.
Adventure Freediving Courses
Do you want to explore the wild and wonderful ocean and dream of interacting with marine life? We totally get you! Together with Pure Apnea, we have designed the world-first Adventure Freediver courses which focus specifically on the skills and safety aspects of open ocean freediving. You will gain a solid freediving foundation with added focus on extended dive time, buddy diving and safety.
There is a whole tribe of likeminded people waiting to connect and create ocean adventures.
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Sport Freediving Courses
Sport freediving is taught whilst diving on a dive line or in a pool for the purpose of achieving greater depths, distance or breath holds. These courses are geared towards perfecting the skills and techniques required to successfully reach depth and distance goals, to break national and even world records. Our instructors are experienced sport freedivers who have excelled in competitions locally and abroad, hold a combined 13 national freediving records and have trained many of the SA freedive record holders.
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Freediving Instructor Courses
There is no greater pleasure than doing what you love and if freediving is your passion, teaching could just be the thing for you.
Becoming a Pure Apnea Freedive Instructor makes you one of the most rigorously trained freediving instructors in the world. Pure Apnea sets the highest instructor standards to ensure that the instructor badge is truly earned. Most importantly, it provides you with the insights, skills, experience and confidence to teach freediving at the highest level.
We offer both the Adventure and Sport Freediving instructor programs.
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Freedive Experiences
Keen to discover and explore new dives sites here in Cape Town? Our freedive experiences are led by experienced instructors & guides who know these sites like no other. We can't wait to share this magical underwater world with you!
These experiences are open to certified freedivers. The location chosen each day is weather dependant to ensure your utmost enjoyment and fun. We may find ourselves among schools of fish, seals, penguins, small sharks, octopus, searching for nudibranchs or simply having our breath taken away by the magnificent kelp forest.
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Snorkelling Experiences
You are about to explore the Great African Seaforest with one of our passionate instructors or guides.
These experiences are open to freedivers and snorkelers alike and perfect for anyone keen to learn about our ocean.
The location chosen each day is weather dependant to ensure your utmost enjoyment, safety and fun. We may find ourselves among schools of fish, seals, penguins, small sharks or octopus, exploring reefs, visiting shallow underwater wrecks or simply having our breath taken away by the magnificent kelp forest.
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Kids Snorkelling Experiences
Do you have a young mermaid or merman daydreaming of having a real ocean adventure? We know all about this and have tailored a snorkelling program for the little people.
Our goals here are three-fold:
1. Instil water safety, body awareness and confidence in your child.
2. Inspire pro-environmental attitudes, behaviours and connection, which are so very necessary in this day and age.
3. Encourage creativity & interest in the ocean world and the ocean community as a whole.
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Surf Apnea Workshop
This course is aimed at preparing surfers and water users for unexpected breath holds. There is a big difference between willingly holding ones breath undisturbed and unexpectedly being held under by big waves, whilst being tossed around like a rag doll. Surfers find themselves in seemingly life or death breath-hold situations, but in reality are simply experiencing high CO2 levels and discomfort in their minds & bodies.
By equipping surfers with knowledge and training techniques we remove the panic reflex which allows for easier breath holds out in the waves.
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Freedive Events & Retreats
Our weekend retreats are a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with nature within and around you.
Join us for a weekend of exploration and relaxation, focused around all things ocean and personal wellbeing. We will discover the hidden treasures of the magical African Seaforest, encounter ocean animals and learn about them. There will be ample time to unwind and restore with yoga and breathing exercises or enjoy workshops with some of Cape Town's most influential ocean and health advocates.
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Freedive Adventure Travel
With 2000km of coastline there are plenty of ocean and dive sites to explore…and that is in South Africa alone!
Our Adventure Travel takes you to the best diving locations in South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia. The location for each trip is based on our own extensive freedive travels, choosing those places that offer the most in ocean scenery, ample animal encounters and adventures. Equally important are wide open spaces that allow you to unwind and relax.
Our freedive trips are open to all certified freedivers and those completing a course as part of the trip.
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Freedive Training
Our training days target specific disciplines or areas within freediving, for the purpose of promoting a deeper understanding and improving your performance.
Training days are available for groups and for private 1-to-1 sessions.
It is important for us to understand your goals and to help you achieve these. Key to achieving this, is to meet you where you are at, managing expectations and providing you with the insight and personalised coaching to facilitate progress and improvement.
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O2 Advantage
A groundbreaking breathing philosophy that is beneficial to all.
Whether you’re an elite athlete looking to simulate high-altitude training or simply looking for more daily stamina, these revolutionary, scientifically validated breathing exercises have the potential to maximise and improve your current performance level.
The benefits of O2 Advantage encompass all areas of life. Bringing awareness to the way we breathe means instead of breathing to survive, we breathe to thrive.
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Corporate Team Building
When it comes to building a great team, taking part in activities outside of normal day-to-day life helps create cohesion and deeper understanding of how teammates think and act. Our corporate team building days include a brief introduction and experience of breathing and breath hold techniques which are particularly useful for dealing with stress in the workplace. Then we head out to a kelp forest for an incredible kelp forest snorkelling adventure which will thrill and reenergise your team. We end off the experience with a fully catered picnic on a pristine beach.
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In The Press
Read about Cape Town Freediving on these sites
In Numbers
We all love numbers… especially sport freedivers. Here are some of ours.
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Years of Teaching Experience
We have been teaching the highest quality freediving courses since 2012.
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We have introduced thousands of people to the amazing sport of freediving and transformed their lives in the process.
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National Freediving Records
Our instructors are experienced sports freedivers who have excelled in competitions locally and abroad.
Benefits of Freediving
Entering the world of freediving is a life-changing step! Your mind and body reset and allow you to redefine your beliefs in what you are capable of and what is truly important in life.
The initial body-mind benefits of freediving may include:
- Improved breathing patterns and oxygen efficiency
- Reduced stress and anxiety
- Increased relaxation and feeling of calm
- Increased body awareness, fitness and flexibility
- Improved mood, focus and self-belief
- Improved stress-resilience and energy
The demands of modern day living create unhealthy levels of stress for most people. Freediving offers a meaningful way to get outside, destress, connect with nature and like-minded people. It opens the door to adventure – exploring and learning more about yourself and the underwater world in the process. Many of our students speak of finding a new purpose, connection to and compassion for the natural world and experience a positive change in lifestyle.
What Our Students Say About Us
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