AIDA 3

Advanced Freediving course

An excellent choice for experienced freedivers looking to advance their skills.

The AIDA 3 freediving course is designed for freedivers holding AIDA 2 certification or equivalent certification from another training agency*. The course is available at Wellfit Meydan, Deep Dive Dubai, or a private location** and includes a theory exam along with performance requirements for certification.

AIDA 3 freediving course in Dubai

AIDA 3 pool

Wellfit Meydan

AED 800 (a group of up to 8 people)

✔ 6 hours, 3 days

✔ Self-study materials

✔ 1.5 hours of theory class

✔ 30 minutes "dry" exercises

✔ 1-hour breath hold development

✔ 2 hours of finswimming development

✔ 1-hour safety skills development

✔ Theory exam

❌ Deep diving skills development

❌ Equipment rental - extra AED 100 for a full set

❌ Certification fee - EUR 10 payable to AIDA International directly

❌ Flexible schedule

AIDA 3 freediving course in Dubai

AIDA 3 full

Deep Dive Dubai

AED 4500 (a group of up to 3 people)

✔ 18 hours, 3-5 days

✔ Self-study materials

✔ 5 hours of theory class

✔ 1-hour "dry" exercises

✔ 1.5-hour breath hold development

✔ 1.5-hour finswimming development

✔ 1-hour safety skills development

✔ Theory exam

✔ 7 hours of deep diving skills development

✔ Equipment rental

✔ Certification fee

✔ Flexible schedule

*If your certification was issued by an agency other than AIDA, you may need an additional evaluation session.. TO BE UPDATED AND LINKED TO THE PRICES.

*Please note that the cost and the schedule of the AIDA 3 individual course or AIDA 3 course at a private location are determined on a case-by-case basis. Contact me to get your pricing.

    • Good health (you will be required to complete a medical form);

    • Minimum age: 18 years old (or 16 with written consent from a parent or a guardian);

    • AIDA 2 certification or equivalent from another training agency.

    • Physiology of freediving: the mammalian dive response, lungs at depth;

    • Freediving physics: buoyancy and gases;

    • Advanced equalization;

    • Safety in freediving: barotraumas, decompression sickness, surface intervals, shallow water blackout, and freediver’s code of conduct;

    • Training concepts.

  • AIDA 3 pool

    Disciplines:

    • Static apnea (STA);

    • ⁠⁠Dynamic apnea (DYNB).

    Techniques:

    • Buoyancy control;

    • Training session design.

    Additional skills:

    • Safety and rescue techniques.

    AIDA 3 full – follows the same itinerary as AIDA 3 pool, with the addition of:

    Disciplines:

    • Free immersion (FIM);

    • Constant weight bi-fins (CWTB).

    Techniques:

    • Free fall;

    • Advanced equalization.

    Additional skills:

    • Self-rescue skills: no mask ascent, loss of fin simulation.

  • AIDA 2 pool (Wellfit)

    • 75% score on a written theory exam;

    • 2:45 min static breath hold (STA);

    • 55 meters underwater swim with fins (DYNB);

    • Certification fee.

    AIDA 2 full (Deep Dive Dubai)

    • 75% score on a written theory exam;

    • 2:45 min static breath hold;

    • 55 meters underwater swim with fins (DYNB);

    • Minimum 24-meter deep dive with constant weight bi-fins (CWTB).

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