Beginner (W1) | Advanced (W2) | Master (W3)
Discover the underwater world in the most natural way by holding your breath. The Molchanovs Lap / Wave 1 Beginner Freediver course will take you through a fun and relaxed experience yet with a strong focus on making you a safe freediver. Everyone can access the Wave 1 course. You just need to be healthy and able to swim 200 meters. By the end of this course, through passing pool, depth, safety, and theory requirements, you will become a complete Wave 1 freediver.
In this course, you will get all the basis of freediving and will become an autonomous freediver able to explore the underwater world comfortably. You will learn how to practice freediving safely, what happens with your body when you hold your breath, how to dive more efficiently, and how to handle freediving mentally, but also any other life situation. By the end of the course, you should be able to dive safely and comfortably between 12 and 20 meters — which is the depth limit for this course — experiencing both using fins or pulling on a rope to go down. You will also learn distance disciplines in the pool, with and without fins, focusing on technique and efficiency.
You will learn about the physics acting on your body, pressure, Boyle’s law, Archimedes principle and, their applications in the water. You will also learn to check if you are properly weighted in the pool and open water and how the equalization of your ears works and how to perform it. The tips, tricks, exercises, and techniques, you will learn all there is to know about equalization at a beginner level. Basic physiology is one of the most important topics to fully understand in order to dive safely and reach your full potential. You will learn how the body adapts to this challenging environment.
What do we have in common with marine mammals? What happens with oxygen, what role plays carbon dioxide, how exactly do we need to breathe, how do we practice it and how much is too much? So many questions that you will finally get answers to. You will also learn how to minimize energy use and become efficient while holding your breath. For this, we introduce mental skills helping you to achieve deeper relaxation and visualization to help prepare and execute dives with greater ease.
Safety is imperative, and a big part of the course is learning how to dive with a buddy, perform rescue procedures, and prevent potential injuries. With proper knowledge and training, freediving is a very safe activity. To make it safer and more comfortable, you will learn about specific freedive gear, how to use it properly, and how to train and progress.
You also get to connect with a worldwide community through our Dashboard platform where you can access your education materials, get our weekly Base Trainings, log your badges, find freedivers near you, connect, exchange, train and learn from the best in the world.
Freediving is a lifelong learning experience and yours starts here.
Passing Requirements
Pool requirements (Lap 1)
1 min 30 sec static
30m DYNB
Others: 200m swim test and introduction to no fins
Open Water requirements (for Wave 1)
CWTB & FIM 12-20m
CWTB Buddying 6-10m
Rescue from 6-10m
COURSE FEE: SOLO SIGN-UP
| No of days | W2I George Abel | W3I Ffrancis Sulangi |
| 3 days | P13,000 | P14,000 |
| 4 days | P14,000 | P15,000 |
COURSE FEE: GROUP SIGN-UP PROMO
| No of days | W2I George Abel | W3I Ffrancis Sulangi |
|
3-day course (Group sign up: 3 students or more) |
P11,000 | P12,000 |
|
3-day course (Group sign up: 2 students) |
P12,000 | P13,000 |
COURSE STRUCTURE:
Knowledge development
Course manual
Course videos
Total of 5-hour Theory session
Skills development
Dry skill sessions
Pool and open water skills
Final examination.
Lap 1/Wave 1 course performance
Course validity: ONE YEAR from date of registration
Knowledge development and skills development. (Molchanovs Standard)
1. Read the course manual and watch the course videos before meeting your instructor (Day 0).
2. First meeting would be on your pool course (Lap 1) preferably Monday or Tuesday whole day course, which also includes the science-based discussion and equalization workshop (Theory part 1) - This is to prepare the students' prior open water course.
3. Second meeting (with Theory part 2) would be in our HQ for open water course (Wave 1), one open water session each day.
See below sample Itinerary during the course.
DAY 01 (WEEKDAY)
POOL REQUIREMENTS:
Venue: Flair Residences / Sheridan
Entrance Fee: P200 whole day
Date: To be finalized (Subject to availability of both parties)
Time: 9am-4pm, (Subject to change, depending to the number of participants)
THEORY/DRY SKILL PART 1
POOL SESSION
Briefing
STA series
DYNB series
Others:
DAY 2-3 (WEEKEND)
OPEN WATER REQUIREMENTS:
Venue: SEAngle Breath HQ (San Luis Batangas)
Room/Accommodation Fee: Depending on the chosen accommodation.
Date: To be finalized by both parties (Student/s and Instructor)
THEORY/DRY SKILL PART 2
OPEN WATER - DAY 1/2
FIM techniques
CWTB
OPEN WATER - DAY 2/2
EXCLUSIONS:
