We offer different types of courses and can even customise courses to your specific needs. If you are unsure, please get in contact!

Here are some general guidelines to help you navigate our courses:

FREEDIVING TASTER
Best suited to those who have little to no ocean experience, and are interested in learning a little more about freediving and breath-holding

PADI CERTIFIED FREEDIVER COURSE
Ideal for anyone with a little ocean experience who wants to learn to freedive, or improve their existing freediving skills. This is also the best starting point for spearfishers and surfers wanting to build their breath-hold.

PADI ADVANCED FREEDIVER
This is for students who are already certified freedivers and have been training since their initial freediving course.

Freediving is a sport for anyone to get involved in. You don't need to be an athlete, a scuba diver, or a natural water baby. We will learn the skills to help you build your ocean confidence and freediving skills from zero.

However, there are some minimum requirements to help keep you safe in the water:

• Our minimum age is 18

• You must be able to swim 200m in water

• There's a medical form to complete before the course begins to make sure you have no pre-existing serious conditions. If you do have any conditions, we will ask you to get permission from your doctor before freediving

• We can't let you freedive if you have scuba-dived within the previous 24h

Freediving is growing at a huge rate, and there are more freediving courses in Sydney than ever before. It can be hard to choose the best freediving course, as there are so many out there, and each freediving school in Sydney has its own style.

Here is what you can expect from Immersia Freediving:

• Truly Beginner-Friendly - We pride ourselves on creating the most approachable, accessible and authentic courses available in Australia. We know what it's like to be out of your comfort zone, and so we don't bullshit you, and we don't tolerate egos.

• Bondi Beach Locals - we're at the centre of the freediving community in the Eastern Suburbs and we will connect you into it. Every student is added to our Facebook Group and welcome to attend our training sessions + fun-dives.

• Continuing Your Journey - we can help you make freediving a lifestyle. We're the only freediving school in Sydney offering regular training and social dives to keep you wet.

• Get The Shot - We offer professional photo packages for your course

• The Gear - We can provide all gear excluding wetsuits. We don't think it's fair to ask you to buy fancy gear before your first course!

Here are the values that you'll find across all courses and training:

• IT'S YOUR OWN JOURNEY - Your strengths, struggles and reasons for being freediving are your own, and our courses are environments without judgement or pressure. No assholes here.

• HAPPIER > DEEPER - We want to help you find your 'happy' underwater, whatever that means. It's not all about depth or time.

• SAFETY BEFORE STYLE - Safety is kinda unsexy, but it is VERY important. Our freediving instructors are also first aid instructors, and we follow strict standards for keeping our students and team safe.

• DON'T SH*T WHERE YOU EAT - Freediving in Sydney's beautiful ocean lets us experience nature in a way most people never will. We try to leave it better than we found it.

Find out more about your instructor, our values and philosophy.

For depth training and pool training, all divers must have one of the following certifications or equivalent

• AIDA 2
• Molchanovs W1
• PADI Freediver
• Apnea Australia Stage A
• SSI L1

If you want to join pool training but have not yet completed a certification, get in touch and we can talk!

For our Freediving Taster Course, equipment hire is included (excluding wetsuit).

For our PADI Freediver Courses, gear hire is rentable. However, we do not rent out wetsuits. Wetsuit rental can be arranged separately by your local dive centre.

• Mask and snorkel
• Fins (snorkelling/scuba fins are ok, but freediving fins are better)
• Full-body wetsuit - at least 3mm thick; ideally 5mm. If you have a proper freediving wetsuit, 3.5mm+ should be fine!
• Weight belt and weights

All gear is available for rent excluding wetsuits. When you book a course you'll be able to add gear hire. We recommend hitting Dive Centre Bondi to rent a 7mm scuba suit if you don’t have your own wetsuit.

• Swimmers
• Towel (I suggest bringing 2 towels)
• Refillable water bottle
• Go-Pro (optional)

We will break for a quick lunch. There are lots of cafes around to buy food, or feel free to bring your own.

• We send out forms and access to the PADI online system before we start the course. This e-learning needs to be completed before we get in the water!

• Eat a healthy breakfast, but don't go crazy on food before diving!

• Avoid coffee/stimulants before diving - it will make it really hard to hold your breath!

• Browse the blog and get inspired! There are some simple, beginner-level articles on how freediving works and the basics of equalisation

• Chill and don’t worry about the course 🙂 It will be a lot of fun.

We offer private training, experiences and full certification courses for up to 8 people.

We can even tailor the event to your experience and goals.

If you have a group of friends who want to take a course or experience together, drop us an email on INFO@IMMERSIAFREEDIVING.COM with:

• How many people

• What are some date options

• What type of session or course would you like to book?

Each course has its own cancellation policy which you can find on the booking page for that specific item. If you have already booked, your cancellation policy is in your booking confirmation. Please note, we cannot make changes to this policy and you are required to read and acknowledge the policy before booking.

YEP!

Lots of our students want to try out a short taster course before committing to the full PADI Certified Freediver Course.

If you join a taster course and love it (we think you will), you can book the 2-Day PADI Freediver course and get an 18% discount!

We accept 18y+ for all of our freediving activities.

We can arrange private courses for younger guests.

Start with our blog! You might find the answer there.

We offer multi-class packages for pool and depth training.

• All classes must be used within the published timeframe.

• Pool packs can be used at any of our regular pool training sessions unless it’s a special event

• We cannot pause, transfer or refund any classes. Think ‘use it or lose it’

• The regular cancellation policy applies to class credits.

• Class packs are only available online. If you email or call us to request pool bookings, it will be charged at the individual session fee.

• Class bookings can be made up to 4 weeks in advance. This allows new freedivers to have a shot at joining our sessions.