AIDA Depth Competition Safety Freediver Course

To enroll in this course, an individual must:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Have completed the AIDA Medical Form
• Have completed the AIDA Liability Release Form
• Have an AIDA2 pool freediving certification or equivalent
• Be willing to work in a team and have satisfactory communication skills
• Have previous AIDA competition experience (as an athlete, judge or organizer)
• Fulfil the following physical requirements:
  • 35-40m CWTB
  • 30m dive + 30” surface recovery + 20m dive
  • 20m dives with 3-5” notice, at fast pace (early turn simulation)

• Depth session 1 – Physical prerequisites (1.5h)
• Theory 1 (2h)
  • Introduction (1h)
    • Introduction to the course
    • AIDA competitions
    • Depth competitions setup
  • Roles and responsibilities of the safety team (1h)
• Theory 2 (3h)
  • Pathologies in depth competitions
  • Standard rescue procedures for depth
• Depth session 2
  • Rescue scenarios (surface and deep rescues, simulating a wide array of incidents at variable depths) (1.5h)
• Theory 3 (2h)
  • Code of conduct
  • Final recommendations
  • Video analysis: real scenarios and student videos recorded during simulated practice
• Depth session 3 – Complete rescue scenarios including extraction (1.5h)
• Theory 4 (3h)
  • Summary of the relevant AIDA Competition rules
  • Video analysis: real scenarios and student videos recorded during simulated practice
  • Theory exam + Q&A

• Ability to perform solo rescues from -20m
• Ability to perform team rescues from -25m with 30” standby
• Ability to assist and rescue from -25m with BOs at random depths (es. surface, 10m, 25m, in random order) covering all team roles (Safety 1, Safety 2 and Safety 3), including extraction (hand-off to the medical team)
• Ability to manage stress
• Pass the theory exam (75% min. score)