Freediving Gold Coast

Freediving Gold Coast welcomes AIDA Instructor Yully Wang and her 3 students on a Deep Dive Day off the Gold Coast yesterday. We also had two freedivers, Brenna and Phoebe, completing their Ocean Freediver course. We had 12m vis and 26 degrees water temp. Great morning of fun diving.

One thing I didn’t think about when I signed up to be involved in a horror flick is that when the time comes to watch it you’re going see unimaginable suffering happening on screen to cast you grew quite fond of: Virginia Gardner and Mel Jarnsen’s characters do suffer. I couldn’t make it to the premier (no, i did not chicken out) but I will be watching it on Prime tonight. I can cover my innocent eyes in the privacy of my loungeroom if i get scared 😱 I might even get lucky and see a flick of my own hair in a shot or two, a wounded knee, who knows…
Behind the scenes, what an awesome experience bringing and being able to share the many joys of freediving with a talented and capable cast and crew. Much love and appreciation goes to Danny and Sue Baldwin, Jaggi Entertainment and Director Jo Brechin for the soft landing they gave me as I caught a glimpse into their world of stunts. I had a great time. Freediving instructors - don’t delay - get yourselves onto a screen set if the opportunity presents and enjoy the ride.

Term 1 High Performance Freediving Coaching - what we affectionately call HPC has just kicked off. Two hours per week for 10 weeks at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. Taking your freedive breath hold to new depths. It's not too late to join.

A busy weekend with 6 freedivers completing their AIDA2 Freediver course today at the pool From left to right at the back is Sean, Onno, Clinton (AIDA Instructor Trainer) Paul and Todd. In the front is Nancy & Zihan. This is a comprehensive course of 5 hours face to face theory (the personal touch still exists!), 3.5 hours of pool diving and for those coming out in our boat tomorrow 4.5 hours out in the ocean. This course is the real deal! Are you up to the challenge?

From left to right at the Summer Crater Lakes Freediving Retreat: Saul Muscardin, Clinton Laurence, Steve Watch & Tom Hassall. Very easy access to and from the beautiful Lake Eacham - with a max depth of 70m (& a very comfortable surface temperature of 29 degrees). The most serene freediving location in the world!

A big congratulations to Steve Watch who finally cracked the 40m depth barrier this morning with his Free Immersion in 1.37. Next time he needs to touch the stopper with his watch hand! He is joining us on our Summer Crater Lakes Freediving Retreat starting this Sunday so plenty of training time and depth await!

Freediving Gold Coast took advantage of the better conditions with two consecutive days out on the water. Yippee! Friday we were out in 45m of depth with our top divers while today it was 32m of depth for our AIDA 2 & 3 courses. Next beginner courses starting this Friday evening 7pm December 12th.

A massive congratulations to Pavel Karkarin with the first student from Freediving Gold Coast to break the magical 65m depth barrier with a PB FIM of 65.4m.

A big congratulations to Yuguang Dang with a 5.04 min Static breath hold on his AIDA 3 Advanced Freediver course. A sign of things to come...