Freediving Depth Training - Intro Class

Join an Introduction to Depth Training class at our Freedive Studio, which runs every Sunday morning at beautiful Lake Berryessa in the heart of California wine country.

Timing
The class runs on Sundays, from 9am - 1pm. Detailed schedule:

• 9am: Meet in the parking lot, briefing, walk down together.
• 9:30 - 10:30am: Land class.
• 10:30am - 1pm: Water class.
• 2-3pm (optional): Lunch at the Berryessa Gap winery down the road.

Who should take this class?
This class is designed for certified beginner and intermediate freedivers. In AIDA's terms, it is an AIDA 2-3 level class. If you are an advanced freediver (already certified AIDA 3 or equivalent), you will have covered the material in this class already.

What does the class cover?
Topics include: 

• Streamlining: how to position your head and body for a perfect glide.
• Freefall: how to stop kicking and descend effortlessly.
  
• Surface safety: lanyards, feeling the line, calling touchdown, surface rescue.
• Depth safety: timing your dive, positioning, when to intervene, deep rescue.

On successful completion of the class you are eligible for AIDA 2 or 3 Depth certification.

Location
Our freediving spot is at the south east end of the lake, next to the dam, about an hour's drive north of San Francisco. Here are the GPS coordinates for our spot: 38.509385, -122.112025. You can also find it by typing "Freedive Studio" into Google Maps.

Rescheduling and refunds
You can cancel for a full refund up until 24 hours before the start of class, subject to the 2.9% payment processing fee charged by our payment processing provider, and reschedule at no charge up until 24 hours before the start of class. After 24 hours before the start of class, you cannot cancel or reschedule for any reason either medical (surgery, covid, injury, etc) or non-medical (moving, etc).