A returning student is any student who has undertaken a RAID Freediver Course, RAID Advanced Freediver Course, RAID Master Freediving Course. or any freediver  who has undertaken an equivalent recognised course and is looking to return to the sport after a break  to update skills and safety procedures.

This option is specifically designed to allow students who have undertaken a certification level course with Go Freediving to complete or refresh their skills.

The returning student sessions allow the student to join an existing course and retake all the tuition they received on their original course, have tuition from a qualified instructor and have their skills assessed and if applicable signed off.

The returning student, who can join for day one, day two or both, has the following options:

Saturday:

2 dive sessions with an instructor at Vobster between 2pm – 8pm

Sunday:

2 dive sessions with an instructor at Vobster between 8am – 2pm

If you have not dived for over 6 months, it is likely you will need to complete a standard medical questionnaire. You can find details of the medical form here

The sessions are very flexible, but are charged by the day. You can attend day one or day two or both days of the course – the choice is yours. Each day includes 2 complete dive sessions.

The sessions cost *£80 per day. This price does not include kit hire (£20), wetsuit hire (£20) or Vobster entry.

We offer kit and wetsuit hire at the time of checkout.

*Please note this price is for returning student sessions and not the cost for private one-to-one sessions.

We prefer our returning attend when we have courses running as we believe this will offer the best conditions to learn. However, if you are only available on a non-scheduled day, we can arrange (subject to availability) for an instructor to be available at Vobster to assess your skills and sign them off if applicable

There is no limit to the amount of times you can attend as a returning student. In fact, we even have some qualified freedivers who may have been absent from the sport for several years, come back and join a course as a returning student, just to refresh skills and update themselves with any changes.

If you know what your weakness was during the course, we would highly recommend working on these areas before attending the session so that you are as prepared as you can be. The links you were given in your preparation email and debrief email for your original course, both provide videos, information and online exercises (see below for more details) that can help improve technique and equalisation. Also practice in your local pool whenever you get the chance. If you live local to Bath or Poole come along to our club sessions, we always welcome new faces!

Online Breath Hold Optimisation Classes

Improve your breath hold and lung function, and improve your freediving.

The Breath Hold Optimisation Classes are based on the programme Emma devised for Olympic and Paralympic athletes across cycling and swimming, and have been used successfully since 2010.

The exercises are designed to teach you how to breathe fully and efficiently, improve CO2 tolerance, increase breath hold capacity, increase Vital Capacity, decrease Residual Volume and improve diaphragm flexibility.

Emma’s program uses techniques from yoga, freediving and the Buteyko method, and have been proven to improve lung function and performance.

Yes, absolutely!

Spaces for returning students are strictly limited and are reserved very quickly – often weeks or months in advance. We understand people may not always be able to do this, but you can always drop us a line at info@gofreediving.co.uk if you want to check last minute availability

If you wish to enrol on a returning student session, simply select your course dates from the right hand side of this page and book!

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