OUR FREE DIVING CENTRE
Air Sub service has been offering courses in free diving since 1995. We have also had the pleasure of being involved in organising two of Umberto Pelizzari’s successful world record attempts in Villasimius:
In July 1995 he set the record of minus 72 metres with constant weight and minus 105 metres Variable weight. In
1996 he regained his records by diving to minus 110m in constant weight and minus 131 Variable no limits.
The free diving centre instructors are experienced and hold PAID freediver and Apnea Accademy qualifications while the centre itself has all the equipment you need for sale or hire.
With our free diving centre It is possible to free dive with a rope to a variety of depths or to enjoy a naturalistic free dive in the Marine park of Villasimius.
FREEDIVING COURSES
Air Sub invites you to try first hand Umberto Palizzari’s philosophy of ‘Breathe and Relax’, a combination of control, discipline and inner strength that are at the heart of the Apnea Academy’s teaching. If you have always wanted to enjoy the oceans in silence and to push yourself, free diving is for you.
APNEA ACADEMY COURSES
THEORY LESSONS
5 hours dedicated to the equipment and techniques of free diving, to the techniques of breathing and relaxing, diet, training and safety.
BREATHING AND RELAXATION (5 ore):
5 hours working on the elasticity of your ribcage and the tone of the muscles used when breathing, anaerobic training, relaxation, katabasis and ginnastica tubarica
LESSONS IN THE POOL
The opportunity to practise your techniques, use of equipment and master the correct use of fins and turns
FREE DIVING AT SEA (2 dives from the boat)
You experience both forms of free diving, one to depth along a rope and one as exploration.
Ideally you should take a week to ten days to complete the course in the most relaxing way possible.
The sea dives in Villasimius take place in the afternoons and the pool sessions are held in
the hotel ‘FIORI DI MAGGIO’.
The minimum age is 12 and participants must have a doctor’s certificate
PADI FREE DIVER COURSES
The PADI Free diver course is the first step into the world of free diving, where an ancient form of diving is constantly discovering new ways to explore under the waves. To join a course you must be 15 years old, to be a good state of health and have strong lungs. No experience of scuba diving is required.
For children aged 12 to 14 there is a simpler course called PADI BASIC FREEDIVING
For children aged 8 to 11 there is the PADI SKIN DIVER course to introduce them to the world of free diving and learn the basic compensation and diving techniques.
The pool sessions take place in hotel ‘Fiori di Maggio’
DIVES
Single dive € 40,00
Package of 10 dives € 300,00
The cost includes the dive boat, the supervision of a qualified instructor, snacks and drinks.
Dives can be on a rope or naturalistic.
There are special rates available for free diving schools and groups of more than 5.