AIDA Level 4 Master Freediver

Description

• Be 18 years of age or older
• Have completed the AIDA 3 course or have completed the AIDA 3 Crossover Evaluation if crossing over from another freediving agency
• Have completed a course in First Aid with CPR within the last two years

This course familiarises students with techniques, knowledge and safety procedures for deep freediving that go beyond recreational freediving. The new techniques will include FRC diving, mouth-fill equalization and packing. The skills are developed within these categories of freediving: Static Apnea, Dynamic Apnea, Constant Weight Bi fins, Free Immersion and Variable Weight (Optional). In addition to the in-water skills this course introduces full body warm-ups and stretching, specific stretching of breathing muscles, training concepts and diet that benefits the freediver and help shape their development as a diver. You will also be, acquainted with packing and reverse packing, mainly within vital capacity as a part of the dry lessons.

An important set of skills concerns managing open water equipment. The use of appropriate knots and braiding techniques, setting the depth on the dive line, constructing a safe bottom weight from a weight belt and diving leads, safe handling of other additional equipment (bottom plate, torches, lanyards, etc.).

One of the purposes of this course is to prepare successful candidates for the role of “Assistant Instructor”. This new role will include leading an appropriate warm-up session for confined and open water freediving and supervising students of all course levels during their confined or open water sessions.

The theory sessions will include: Physics – Dalton’s Law, Boyle’s Law, Henry’s law, Decompression Sickness, Nitrogen Narcosis, Failure Depth and how to increase VC and decrease RV, FRC Diving, Mouth-Fill, Packing, Fitness and Training, Nutrition and Diet for Freedivers.

Active AIDA Master Instructor or Higher

• Student to Instructor ratios for pool or confined water: 8:1 with a certified assistant 12:1
• Student to Instructor ratios for open water: 4:1 with a certified assistant 6:1
• Current First Aid certification which includes CPR (no older than two years)
• Minimum Classroom Sessions (if teaching): 3 (minimum 3 hours total)
• Minimum Knowledge Review Session (if self-study): 1 session of min. 90min
• Full Body Warm-up, Stretching and Specific Stretches of the Breathing Muscles
• Minimum Confined Water Sessions: 2
• Max Confined Water depth: 5m
• Minimum Open Water Sessions: 4 over at least 2 days
• Max Open Water depth: 38m
• The course should run over at least 4 days