AIDA level – 3
In this AIDA level 3 course you will go one step beyond. You learn how to train as a freediver and bring your freediving to the next level, beyond the basics. Systematically and safely you will expand your capabilities as a freediver. During this course, you will be trained to achieve higher results, and execute the practical exercises with a perfect technique, according to the AIDA standards. In the theoretical part, all freediving-related subjects and techniques will be presented and analyzed, in order to improve the knowhow technique of the trainee to the maximum degree.
Skills Certification
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.
Requirements
- 2:45 minutes static apnea,
- 55 meters dynamic apnea,
- 24-30m diving in constant weights,
- theoretical exam.
Participation Qualifications
- Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent),
- Good health certificate,
- Can swim at least 200m non-stop without fins or at least 300m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel,
- Have completed the AIDA 2 course or have completed the AIDA 2 Crossover Evaluation if crossing over from another freediving agency.
Duration
The minimum course duration is 5 days.
The minimum water sessions in the sea are 6.