What Can I Expect

Learn to freedive on these freediving UK courses near Bath! Take a deep breath and join Emma Farrell and her team as you are taught how to dive freely underwater. We are offering one and two-day Dive RAID International courses for you to fully embrace the sport of freediving.

So, what is freediving? It's breath-hold diving (sometimes known as ‘apnea'), where you dive under the water with a single breath of air. It's the most natural way of diving in water and, unlike scuba diving, there are no breathing valves or air tanks involved, just you and your lungs!

Emma, who heads up the free diving teaching team, is a renowned freediver, coach and author. Highly experienced, she will always tell you that it's not about pushing yourself to your limits to go deeper or longer underwater, but about enjoying being under the water at any depth.

The one-day Foundation course and the two-day course are officially RAID (Rebreather Association of International Divers) recognised, so you follow the prescribed syllabus from the governing body of the freediving world.

The morning of day one is spent learning the theory and safety aspects of free diving and putting it all into practice in a specific, sheltered training area at Vobster Quay. You'll get an excellent understanding of the basics of freediving, all taught in a safe way with fully qualified coaches.

Then the afternoon (and day two for those on the two-day course) will see you freediving in the open waters at Vobster This is a superb outdoor diving centre near Frome that boasts a large lake with lots to explore in the water. Dive down and swim through the submerged aircraft fuselage. Explore the up-turned truck. Swim alongside the Jacques II boat wreck and even climb the cliff face like a subaqueous Spiderman!

If you'd like to learn freediving, book your place on a one or two-day freediving course in Bath and be taught to freedive by world-class freediving instructors.

When Is It Available

• Courses run between April and October
• 1 Day Course: Selected Saturdays with occasional midweek dates
• 2 Day Course: Selected Saturdays-Sundays 

Suitable For

• Minimum age 12
• Under 18s must be accompanied on site by an adult
• A good general level of fitness is required
• Participants respiratory and circulatory systems must be in good health
• A medical statement must be completed prior to participating

Spectators

• Spectators are welcome at Vobster Quay

Anything Else