AIDA III
flying Dolphin
3 Day Advanced Freediver
The course is designed to further develop skills from previous levels, to acquire new skills and gain a higher understanding of safety procedures and techniques. The new techniques that are introduced are free-fall, Frenzel Equalizing, the use of training tables, risks of increasing and decreasing pressure and also how to minimize these risks. Students will train in the most common disciplines of freediving: Static Apnoea, Dynamic Apnoea, Free Immersion and Constant Weight.
Theory will include: Physiology, Equalization, Barotrauma, Lungs at Depth, Buoyancy, Shallow Water Blackout, Training Concepts, The Mammalian Dive Response, Decompression Sickness, Surface Intervals and the Freediver's Code of Conduct.
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Prerequisites:
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Be 18 years of age or older (16 or 17 years old with parent or guardian consent)
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Can swim at least 200m non-stop without fins or at least 300m non-stop with mask, fins and snorkel
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Have completed the AIDA 2 course or have completed the AIDA 2 crossover evaluation if moving from another freediving scheme
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Completed AIDA medical form
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Completed liability release​
Course includes:
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2 Confined water sessions
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4 Open water sessions to a maximum of 30m
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All required equipment
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Pass Requirements:
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2:45 minutes STA
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55 meters DYN
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24 meters CWT
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Pass theory exam
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price 350 €