Seminar
Freediving Equipment
- Freediver Course
- Duration: 3 hrs
- Cost: 15 €
- Participants: up to 4
- Language: English
- Interaction: Questions & Discussion
Learn how to select, use, maintain, and optimize your freediving equipment for comfort, performance, and safety. This seminar covers masks, snorkels, fins, wetsuits, weight systems, computers, safety equipment, buoys, and gear maintenance.
Contents
General
- The equipment pieces for freediving.
- Selecting the most suitable equipment.
- Equipment maintenance and storage.
- The requirements for selecting every piece of the equipment
The mask
- Absolute requirement: the perfect fit of the mask on the face.
- Typical design and material.
- The mask’s field of view.
- The mask’s inner volume.
- Lens fogging: an annoying problem.
- Masks with corrective lenses
The snorkel
- Absolute requirement: the ease of breathing through the snorkel.
- Typical design and material.
The fins
- The absolute requirement: ease of movement without cramps or joint pains.
- The foot pocket of the fins and the fin blades.
- Weight – stiffness – performance – kick cycle and other characteristics of fin functionality.
- Surface swimming or diving fins.
The freediving suit
- The wetsuit’s material: neoprene.
- Wetsuit types.
- The parts of the wetsuit.
- A wetsuit’s useful characteristics.
- Comparison of various wetsuit types.
- The ideal thickness of the wetsuit’s neoprene, depending on season and water temperature.
The weight belt
- The belt buckle, the belt strap and their materials.
- The weights.
- Useful accessories on the belt.
The freediving computer
- Dive watches and depth gauges: the era before freediving computers.
- The water resistance marking on a dive watch or dive computer.
- Types of freediving computers.
- Types of batteries, dives memory and pc connection software.
The diving knife
- The diving knife as a safety measure and as a tool.
- The useful characteristics of the dive knife.
The Diving Buoy and useful accessories to place on it
- The dive flag and its importance.
- Buoy designs and materials.
- Selecting the buoy line and line holder.
The gear bag
- The absolute requirements: water-tightness and sufficient length to fit the fins.
Learning outcomes
Participants will learn:
- How to choose equipment that matches their needs and diving goals
- The key characteristics of masks, snorkels, and fins
- How wetsuit design and thickness affect comfort and performance
- Proper weighting techniques and weight belt selection
- The functions and features of freediving computers
- The role of dive knives, buoys, and safety accessories
- Best practices for equipment care, maintenance, and storage
- How to build a complete and efficient freediving equipment setup
This seminar is ideal for both new and experienced freedivers who want to make informed equipment choices, avoid costly mistakes, and improve their comfort and efficiency in the water.
