PADI Master Freediver Course
The PADI Master Freediver Course is designed for freedivers who are looking to maximize their depths, dive time, and overall knowledge of freediving, and are ready to approach elite freediving levels.
Through focused sessions, this course will help bring your static apnea, dynamic apnea, free immersion, and constant weight freediving to the next level.
Come and join the 100′ Club!
Course Fee: $750 [ Lifetime Certification ]
Course Information
What’s Included:
- Course Tuition
- PADI Master Freediver eLearning (online study materials)
- PADI Certification Processing Fee
- Open Water Sessions
Course Prerequisites:
- PADI Advanced Freediver Certification (or a Level 2 certification from another agency)
- Complete the PADI medical questionnaire with physician sign-off, if needed
- Participants must provide their own freediving equipment.
- Minimum Age: 18 years old (depth/static/dynamic limitations apply to those under 18)
- Participants must have an active CPR & First Aid certification, and also an Emergency Oxygen Provider certification within the past 24 months
Group Size: 4-1 Student-to-Instructor Ratio
We cap our classes at 4 students to maximize safety and personalized guidance.
Friday | Day 1
Classroom Session | 12 PM to 6 PM
Location: Ocean Enterprises, Balboa Office Building, 7710 Balboa Ave #101, San Diego, CA 92111
Saturday | Day 2
Pool Training Session | 8 AM to 11 AM
Open Water Session #1 | 1 PM to 4 PM
Location: West Hills High School, 8756 Mast Blvd., Santee, CA 92071
Sunday | Day 3
Open Water Session #2 | 7 AM to 1:30 PM
Location: La Jolla Shores, Kellogg Park, 8277 Camino Del Oro, La Jolla, CA 92037
All locations will be provided in your welcome email/course outline after your booking. Pool and Ocean locations are based on weather or ocean conditions and are subject to change.
Course Skills
- Expand your knowledge of freediving physics and physiology at deeper depths.
- Introduction to dry training and confined water training specific to deeper freediving.
- Introduction to advanced Frenzel equalization & reverse packing.
- Freediving injury prevention.
- Pre-diving breathing, stretching and relaxation techniques, including an introduction to diaphragmatic stretching.
- Confined water/pool session that focuses on static and dynamic apnea, in addition to a freediving rescue skill review.
- Introduction to no-fins dynamic variation.
- Deep freediving safety and rescue techniques.
- Fine tuning freediving techniques, body position with bi-and no-fin as well as free immersion dives.
- FRC and practice dives.
- Diving below residual volume.
- Deep equalization (Reverse Pack, Mouth-fill), and pre/post dive breathing techniques.
- Open water/ocean sessions that focus on depth diving, free immersion, constant weight, and constant weight no fins.
- Improve use of lanyard and nose-clip.
- Discuss proper diet and exercise for deeper freediving.
Certification Requirements:
- 3:30+ min (STA) Static Breath hold
- 70 m/230’ feet (DYN) Dynamic with Fins
- 32 meters/105’ feet (CWT) Constant Weight Fins and (FIM) Free Immersion
Course Equipment
You will need the following freediving equipment for this course:
- Mask: A low volume freediving mask (not mirrored as the instructor needs to be able to see your eyes).
- Snorkel: Simple J-style snorkel.
- Fins: Long blade freediving fins. No scuba or split fins with open heel made to use with boots.
- Wetsuit: Due to San Diego’s colder ocean conditions, we highly recommend a well fitted, 5mm two-piece freediving or spearfishing wetsuit, open-cell with nylon on the outside. For the pool session, a 3/2- or 4/3-mm surf or triathlon wetsuit will be sufficient as the pool is heated.
- Weight Belt: Rubber or Silicone weight belt, preferably Marseillaise style.
- Weights: A variety of 2 and 1lbs weights as they are easier to adjust. We do not recommend 4, 5lbs weight or bigger.
- Freediving Computer: A waterproof timing device that can record time and depth. We will discuss various settings like alarms, meeting a dive buddy at depth, proper surface intervals and others during your live classroom session.
- Safety Lanyard: Required for dives with limited visibility and deeper than 20 meters/66’feet.
- Nose Clip: Necessary when doing constant weight no-fin dives with either no mask, fluid, or freediving goggles. Contact us first before purchasing one online.
FAQs
You will need to take the PADI Master Freediver eLearning course we send you and pass the knowledge reviews and exam. You should also be well rested, hydrated and ready to learn. Also ensure that you are not congested, and your equalization is working fine the days prior to the start of the course.
You will need to complete the PADI Advanced Freediver eLearning course we send you and pass the knowledge reviews and exam. You should also be well rested, hydrated and ready to learn. Also make sure you are not congested, and your equalization is working fine the days prior to the start of the course.
Yes, you are required to use your own freediving equipment (Review the “Required Equipment List above”.
We never exceed a 4:1 Instructor-to-Student ratio, to maximize safety and ensure each student receives dedicated instructor attention.
All required freediving equipment, as well as the required freediving lanyard, nose-clip, and appropriate swim wear like bikini, swimsuit, speedo, jammers, refillable water bottle, towel, and reef safe sunscreen.
Yes! This PADI certification will not expire. We still recommend that you keep improving and practicing your freediving skills regularly.
- 72 Hour Cancellation Policy strictly enforced, NO exceptions.
- Less than 7 days’ notice, prior to start of the course, you may move into another course slot with a 50% administration fee of the total course cost.
- No refunds are issued if the cancellation notification is received less than 72 hours from the start of the course, or for no-shows.
- No refunds will be issued for any PADI digital eLearning Materials, used or unused.
- A full refund is given if the course is cancelled/rescheduled 72 hours prior to the dive date or if the course is cancelled by the instructor due to unforeseen events, adverse weather/ocean condition or unsafe diving conditions.