Apnea Total

This system is built on the belief that freediving is an individual sport with personal goals, and that anyone can be a freediver.

We don't believe in one-size-fits-all training. Every student progresses differently, so our courses stay flexible and personal — the goal isn't to check boxes, but to help you feel genuinely comfortable and confident in the water, at your own pace.

Every single course includes rescue and safety training, no matter the level. We hold our instructors to high standards precisely so you don't have to worry — you can focus on relaxing and enjoying the dive.

Many of the instructors trained at our Koh Tao headquarters have gone on to open their own Apnea Total centers around the world — from South America to the Caribbean, Asia, and Europe — all carrying the same education system and standards.

Whether you're curious about freediving for the first time or ready to go further, there's a place for you here.

Ready to join us? Go check our website to see which ApneaTotal school suits you best 🌏

🌊 Never dive alone isn't only about safety.

Sometimes, it's this — two people, the same line, moving in opposite directions — one rising, one descending — yet never once looking away from each other.

Because down here, everything rests on trust. Absolute trust — the kind that doesn't need to be spoken, only felt. You know they're watching. They know you are too. That's what makes it possible to let go so completely.

There's a whole conversation happening in that silence. A glance. A rhythm shared without a single sound. That's the quiet intimacy of diving with a buddy — not just watching over each other, but truly sharing the moment with them.

Yann Pernot Lim 🧜🏼‍♂️
Nikki Lacey 🧜🏻‍♀️

Two concepts, one discipline

Time for a career change?

Join us at Apnea Total HQ in beautiful Koh Tao for our upcoming Instructor Course this November

What’s in store:

🔹In-depth training in freediving techniques
🔹Guidance from seasoned instructors
🔹Real-world teaching experience in breathtaking
underwater settings
🔹A supportive crew of like-minded future instructors

🌴 Live, learn, and dive in one of the world’s top
freediving locations.

📣 Spots are limited - reserve yours today!
📩 Visit our website or reach out directly for more
details.

Before you can dive deep, you have to know your own body.

Look at this stillness. No movement, no effort — just floating, suspended between the surface and the sandy floor below. This is what body awareness looks like from the outside: total relaxation, muscles released, breath held with ease.

Freediving teaches you to listen — to every muscle, every tension, every heartbeat. Where are you holding stress? Is your jaw clenched? Are your shoulders tight when they should be relaxed? 🧘‍♀️

This isn't about pushing harder. It's about becoming so familiar with your body that you can adjust, release, and move with less effort — not more.

The better you know your body, the further you can go.

🌊 Learn to listen to yourself.

📷 One ocean One breath
🧜‍♂️ Eusebio De Santamaria

🌊 Freediving doesn't just take you into the ocean. It reminds you that you belong to it.

The moment you slip underwater, you become aware of the raw power of the elements. The ocean's strength, its wealth, its wild force — uncontrollable by man.

It's a discovery of an entirely new world beneath the surface — a whole other system, teeming with life and diversity, existing in parallel to everything we know on land. Coral cities, hidden creatures, ecosystems built on rules completely different from ours. The deeper you go, the more you realize: this isn't just an extension of our world. It's its own universe. And the longer you spend learning from it, you become conscious of how fragile and precious this world really is — and how much it needs our protection.

Even our own bodies respond to it: the Mammalian Dive Reflex (MDR) — the way our heart rate slows, our body adapts the moment we submerge — is proof that we're not just visitors down there. We're part of it. We always have been.

📸 One ocean One breath