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Oceantroller Courses

Our freediving courses are a combination of classroom, confined water, and open water sessions, to bring you hands on experience and safety so that you can safely test your limits. Check out the video below to get a sneak peak into what we’re all about.

The Science of Freediving ThinkTech Hawaii

For my birthday, I had the pleasure of discussing Freediving on ThinkTech Hawaii! My first ad-libbing experience in a studio was a blast (despite a few minor faux pas).šŸ˜‰ šŸ˜

Basic Freediver

Basic Freediver: Learn to safely advance your breath hold and test your limits up to 20m/66 feet. This 2.5 day course teaches you several techniques that will greatly improve your confidence in the water.

INCLUDES

  • personalized instruction from highly trained PFI Instructors
  • 1 instructor/assistant: 6 student diversā€™ ratio
  • PFI Freediver Manual
  • confined water and classroom sessions
  • open water instruction
  • GoPro video performance review
  • certification card

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

  • mask (low volume preferred)
  • snorkel
  • weight belt and weights (rubber preferred)
  • fins (long fins preferred)
  • 3mm wetsuit (open cell preferred)

SCHEDULE

Day 1:Ā  Classroom 5:30pm – 8:30pm

Day 2: Class 8:30am ā€“ 11:30am; Confined water 1:00pm ā€“ 5:00pm

Day 3: Ocean 8:30am ā€“ 2:00pm

Curious Sharks

Ran into these cuties while freediving a cave!

These smaller sized sharks grow to about 5.25 feet and will rest during the day in sand, under ledges, in the back of caves, or even on each other. Unlike most other sharks, whitetips do not rely on swimming to breathe, because they can pump water over their gills while lying still.

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Beacon of Light

A gaze from the top of my newly rigged mast.  I was hoisted by the main halyard to put on the last piece, the backstay, while my jib halyard acted as the temporary backstay. My hands were a little shaky at the top, as I carefully extracted my phone from my tool pouch and muttered “don’t drop your phone, don’t drop your phone. Needless to say, my phone and I made it down safely and the sunset was worth it.

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