Whether you’re a spearfisher without any formal free-diving education or a spouse, parent, or newbie interested in getting into breath-hold activities, this essential safety information is paramount knowledge for everyone involved in spearfishing and free-diving activities.

This course is popular with spearfishing clubs around the United States and is used as a minimum certification for club membership.

The Basic Freediving Safety Course has a lowered minimum age requirement of 12, making it accessible to the younger generations developing a keen interest in spearfishing or freediving.

This course should be viewed as a minimum requirement for everyone participating in any form of freediving.

• Hypoxia & Drowning
• Freediving Supervision
• Signs & Symptoms of Hypoxia
• Freediving Safety Procedures
  • Blackout Recovery
  • Practical Safety Procedures Training

  
  

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  Course Duration:
  1-day course. Minimum of 3 hours of academics and 2 hours of confined water training.

  Prerequisites:
  Competent swimming skills

  Age Requirement:
  12 years or older

  Equipment:
  Wetsuit, mask, snorkel, fins, weight belt, weights

  Learning Materials:
  FII Basic Freediving Safety manual and workbook. All course materials are provided by their instructor at the start of each course.