PADI Basic Freediver & Freediver Courses

PADI Freediving Courses

Explore the silent world with confidence and control

Why Learn to Freedive With Us?

The Coromandel Peninsula is blessed with some of the best diving in New Zealand. Whether from shore, boat, or kayak, we enjoy year‑round conditions, abundant marine life, and endless sites for beginners and advanced divers alike. It’s the perfect place to learn.

Freediving is about inner strength, discipline, and calm. If you’ve ever wanted to slip beneath the surface quietly, on your own terms, staying as long as your breath allows, freediving may be exactly what you’re looking for.

Dive Zone Whitianga is one of New Zealand’s first PADI Freediving Centres, and we are fully OutdoorsMark adventure safety certified for freediving activities. Our team will give you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to explore “the silent world” safely and enjoyably.

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Before You Book

Please read the Risk Disclosure Statement. for Scuba/Snorkelling/Freediving.

Booking your course confirms you have read and understood this document.

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PADI Basic Freediver - $300

Your first step into the world of freediving

Course Overview:

The PADI Basic Freediver course is a subset of the full PADI Freediver programme and is the ideal introduction to breath‑hold diving. You’ll learn foundational freediving principles and practise breath‑hold techniques in a pool or confined‑water environment.

Who Can Join?

• Ages 12+
• Comfortable swimming ability
• Good physical health
• No prior snorkelling or freediving experience required
• Completion of a Diver Medical (we will send this to you)

What the Course Includes:

Training is completed over one day and covers:

1. Knowledge Development

Independent study through PADI Freediver eLearning.

2. Confined Water Session

Learn and practice:

• Breath‑hold techniques
• Static apnea
• Dynamic apnea
• Proper buddy procedures

Performance goals:

• 90‑second static apnea
• 25‑metre dynamic apnea

All required equipment is provided.

Upgrade Options

Certified Basic Freedivers can return anytime to upgrade to the full PADI Freediver certification for $499.

Or complete both levels together for $799.

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PADI Freediver - $799

Take your freediving skills into open water

Course Overview

The full PADI Freediver certification builds on your Basic Freediver training and introduces open‑water freediving techniques, including free immersion and constant weight dives.

Who Can Join?

• Ages 15+
• Comfortable swimming ability
• Good physical health
• Completion of a Diver Medical (we will send this to you)
• Either:

1. Already certified as a PADI Basic Freediver (course cost: $499)
2. Completing both levels together (full programme: $799)

What the Course Includes:

1. Knowledge Development

Independent study through PADI Freediver eLearning.

(Completed on Day 1 as part of the Basic Freediver course.)

2. Confined Water Training

Refine breath‑hold techniques, static apnea, and dynamic apnea.

(Completed on Day 1 as part of the Basic Freediver course.)

3. Open Water Sessions

Practise:

• Free immersion freedives
• Constant weight freedives
• Buddy procedures

Performance goal:

• 10‑metre constant weight freedive

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How to Enrol

When purchasing your Freediver course, please include the following in the message box at checkout:

• Full name & date of birth
• Email address for PADI eLearning

If booking for multiple children, please provide details and email addresses for each participant.

Group information can also be emailed to info@divethecoromandel.co.nz