FREEDIVING COURSES

Freediving, at its core, is the practice of holding your breath and diving underwater. Most people who can swim can also dunk themselves under the water surface and swim a short distance. However, swimming a longer distance or diving down deeper than your average backyard swimming pool takes more effort and ability. It also involves higher risks. This is where formal freediving training comes in, providing the necessary techniques and safety protocols to freedive safely and confidently for extended periods and greater depths.

Humans have been freediving for thousands of years, mainly to hunt and forage, but also for enjoyment. In recent decades, freediving has evolved into a structured sport with competitive disciplines. Sport freedivers train to push their own physical and mental limits to achieve longer breath hold times, deeper dives and longer swims underwater. Freediving competitions are run under strict rules and guidelines and are held worldwide. Our internationally recognised Pure Apnea sport freediving courses offer the perfect progression from beginner through to instructor for those with a competitive drive.

While freediving purely for enjoyment predates competitive freediving, formalised training for doing it efficiently and safely has only recently been developed by Pure Apnea. Pure Apnea’s ‘Adventure Freediver’ courses offer a structured learning experience, combining techniques from sport freediving with essential safety protocols tailored for open-water exploration. Most people want to freedive for fun so these courses have quickly become our most popular, but have also become the most popular freediving courses in Cape Town.

Our freediving instructors are dedicated professionals who are passionate about sharing their experiences and knowledge with their students. We work on a strict open-water instructor-to-student ratio of 1:4 to ensure that our students get the maximum personal attention. Whether you are on holiday in Cape Town or live here, sign up for a freediving course that will open a new, breathtaking underwater world for you!