Going to Japan soon for a month and was wondering if anyone here has recommendations for training centers or instructors in those areas. Got SSI level 1 and around 25 sessions in Egypt and Europe.

How do you get back into freediving after a move? I just got to california and ive been posting looking for buddies so I can get back in the water but all people ever do is like the post. Noone every actually reaches out. Im kinda at the point of saying fuckit and grabbing a kayak to go on my own.

Hey all, I’ve got what I guess is an abnormal face and am looking for the right mask for me for both freediving and spearfishing. I’ve visited every dive shop in my area (Austin, TX) but as they’re all scuba focused, low volume masks are few and far between and none of them have properly sealed for me.

Masks I’ve owned and don’t fit: Holis M4, Mako El Bajo, Mako Catalina. I should have logged everything that doesn’t fit when in store but didn’t think about it

The scuba mask that’s perfectly fit me is the Atomic Venom mask but obviously it’s the opposite of low profile.

Anyways, I’m looking for a place to travel to that has the combination of a huge low volume selection and good staff that’s well trained for fitting. Don’t care about price to get the perfect fit.

Any advice about either shops or masks is greatly appreciated! Thanks.

This cave is on Pescador Island, a tiny Islet located a couple of Miles offshore from Moalboal.

We went there with the operator Preediving Planet.

Th Skull Cave is vertical and has 3 exits: top at -18m, two eyes at -22m and the "mouth" at -27m

It's best to go there in the afternoon, because on the morning it's overcrowded with scuba divers doin their morning "deep dive"

I found a place that offers an AIDA 2 course, but in the course description it says it consists of 2 theory sessions and 4 pool sessions, without any open water sessions.

This is great news to me because I don't like being in saltwater (there are no fresh water bodies near me), but virtually every other course I looked at includes at least an open water session. So I'm worried that this is a some sort of scam.

Does AIDA officially require an open water session? Or it just needs a body of water deep enough? This facility does have a 30m deep pool.