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AIDA2
Freediver
The static and dynamic sessions in confined water are used to teach relaxation, breathing, finning and safety techniques. In the open water sessions students will apply the skills they have learned in the pool / confined water sessions and combine them with the basic skills of open water freediving such as equalizing, duck diving, vertical swimming, body positioning, turns and use of buoyancy.
The freediving theory will include: Introduction to Freediving, Freediving Breathing Cycle, Basic Physiology of Freediving, Equalization, Freediving Techniques, Safety in Freediving, Equipment in Freediving, Freediving Disciplines.
Requirement
Age: 18 years old & above (16 or 17 years old with parental consent)
Prerequisite: Can swim at least 200m non-stop without fins or at least 300m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel
Course Structure
Self-learning
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Online Theory Learning
With the instructor
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Theory: knowledge review (1hr)
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Confined water: 2 pool sessions (total 4hrs)
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Open water: 4D3N island trip
Course Fees
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RM1500
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payment term: half upon signing up the course and remaining half before island trip
Includes
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rental of training fins and mask
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pool entries
Course fees doesn't include island accommodation, food and transport.
Extra Benefits
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enjoy up to 20% lifetime discount on our freediving equipment store
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FREE one deep pool session (90mins)
AIDA3
Advanced Freediver
The course is designed to further develop skills from previous levels, to acquire new skills and gain a higher knowledge of safety procedures and techniques. The new techniques that are introduced are free-fall, Frenzel Equalizing, the use of training tables, the risks of increasing and decreasing pressure and also how to minimize these risks. Students will train these skills in the most common disciplines of freediving: Static Apnoea, Dynamic Apnoea, Free Immersion and Constant Weight.
The theory will include: Physiology, Equalization, Barotrauma, Lungs at Depth, Buoyancy, Shallow Water Blackout, Training Concepts, The Mammalian Dive Response, Decompression Sickness , Surface Intervals and the Freediver's Code of Conduct.
Requirement
Age: 18 years old & above (16 years old with parental consent)
Prerequisite: AIDA2 or equivalent level from other agency*
Course Structure
Self-learning
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Online Theory Learning
With the instructor
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Theory: knowledge review (1hr)
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Confined water: 2 pool sessions (total 4hrs)
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Open water: 4D3N island trip
Course Fees
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RM1700
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payment term: half upon signing up the course and remaining half before island trip
Includes
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pool entries
Course fees doesn't include island accommodation, food and transport.
Extra Benefits
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enjoy up to 20% lifetime discount on our freediving equipment store
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FREE one deep pool session (90mins)
*A single pool evaluation (at a charge of RM60 includes pool entry) is required for freediver who intend to do a crossover from another agency. Additional training might be needed based on the evaluation.
COURSE STANDARDS & REQUIREMENT
AIDA 2
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Theory exam
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STA at least 2 minutes
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DYN at least 40m
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CWT 12m
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Buddying 10m
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Rescue 5m
AIDA 3
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Theory exam
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STA at least 2mins45secs
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DYN at least 55m
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CWT 24m
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Buddying 15m
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Rescue 10m
Looking for pool only certification?
AIDA1
Learn basic freediving principles and focus on practicing breathhold techniques in a pool or confined water site.
This course offers a basic knowledge of freediving and introductory skills such as relaxation of body and mind, finning techniques, duck dives and equalisation.
Course Fees
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RM800
After completing AIDA1, you may take the depth component to upgrade to AIDA2 at RM800.
Requirement
Age: 18 years old & above (16 years old with parental consent)
Prerequisite:
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Be able to swim at least 100m non-stop
Course Structure
Self-learning
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Online Theory Learning
With the instructor
-
Theory: knowledge review (1hr)
-
Confined water: 2 pool sessions (total 4hrs)
Includes
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rental of training fins and mask
-
pool entries
Extra Benefits
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enjoy up to 20% lifetime discount on our freediving equipment store
Course Standard & Requirement
None
Freediving Education Program
The goal of the AIDA Education Program is to share the knowledge and skills to enjoy freediving in a safe and responsible way. It caters for absolute beginners as much as for advanced freedivers and takes you through a comprehensive, professional qualification structure all the way up to AIDA Instructor level. Freediving has probably been around since the dawn of mankind. Just look at the phenomenal Japanese pearl diving Amas, the Greek sponge collectors or the Filipino, Indonesian or Malaysian water tribes with their spectacular underwater hunting capabilities. Compared to that, recreational and competitive freediving as we know it today is still a very young phenomenon. Because of that, the learning curve in modern freediving is still steep. Techniques get introduced, refined, adapted, and replaced all the time.
The AIDA Education Program is kept on top of this rapid development by regular revision and adaptation to the latest research in order to remain the standard of worldwide freediving Education since its inception in 1992.