If you’ve found this page, it means that you’re likely looking for a simple, local way to get into freediving. It’s a tough sport to enter at times, especially in Canada where the cold temperatures and lack of visibility and diverse sea life don’t make the idea of “holding your breath underwater” very appealing. All…
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Trapped Under Ice
For the entire evening before heading up to my first ever ice dive, I could not get this Metallica song out of my head! I was really excited in the weeks leading up to the date, but a few days out I very suddenly became quite nervous and worried. What if I actually got stuck…
Beginner to Instructor: A Shallow Start
Two years ago, I took my first freediving course in Wellington, New Zealand at Dive Wellington. When I signed up, I was operating on the idea that I wanted to overcome my fears of the ocean. A year earlier I went on a snorkelling trip in Cape Town, and while exploring their beautiful kelp forest,…