Classes

Basic Freediver (Pool Only)

Learn the basic physiology, physics, breathhold techniques, equalization, rescue skills and procedures, static apnea (STA), and dynamic apnea (DYN) in the classroom and confined water (pool) settings.
Price: $350
Instructor: Roy Ferreira

 FREEDIVER (L1)

Basic Freediver Course + two open ocean sessions to introduce Free Immersion (FIM) and Constant Weight (CWT) freediving disciplines. Max depth 55ft. Length of course: 2 days.
Price: $450 + boat fee
Instructor: Roy Ferreira

ADVANCED FREEDIVER (L2)

The Advanced Freediver builds on the Freediver skills course + longer static apnea (longer breath holds), advanced breathing techniques, form analysis and improvement, advanced equalization, and max depth of 80ft. Price: $499 + boat fees Instructor: Roy Ferreira

Course Schedule

Group classroom sessions are located at Grove Scuba (Coconut Grove) and Open Water sessions leave out of Miami Beach.​​
Open water classes are limited to a 4:1 instructor to student ratio. Classroom and confined water (pool) sessions may include up to 6 students.
Private lessons are available on request.​​​​

2022 Schedule​​​:​​​​​​​​​​
  • July 9/10 PADI Freediver Level 1 - FULL - please email us to be added to the waiting list
  • July 27/28 Lobster Mini-Season
  • Aug 6/7 PADI Freediver Level 1 - FULL - please email us to be added to the waiting list
  • Sep 10/11 PADI Freediver Level 1 - FULL - please email us to be added to the waiting list
Line Diving sessions are also available. Send us an email (freedive305miami@gmail.com) if you’d like to be notified about upcoming line diving sessions.
- To join us on line diving sessions, you must be certified as a PADI Freediver or other equivalency (minimum Level 1 or 2 star) through a recognized freediving agency.

​Minimum equipment requirements for the Basic Freediver class are:
  • mask (preferred: low volume)
  • snorkel (preferred: no purge valve)
  • fins (preferred: long fins)
  • weight belt (preferred: rubber belt)
  • digital watch with stopwatch (preferred: dive watch with freedive function)
  • wetsuit (1.5mm minimum recommended, 3mm preferred). Wetsuits are also available for rent.

While the preferred equipment is recommended, you do not need to have the preferred equipment to take the class, only the basic listed items. If you plan on buying equipment prior to the class, we strongly recommend that you contact us to help guide you in the right direction. We can walk you through where you can go (locally) and what type of equipment to look at.

Class refund / cancellation Policy:
- 14 days prior to class start date - no refund.
- 21 days prior to class start date - 50% refund (excluding class materials fee)
- 45 days prior to class start date - 100% refund (excluding class materials fee)
- Reschedule class date - $50 fee

In the case of inclement weather or rough seas, class will be rescheduled to another date.

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About

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Roy Ferreira is passionate about two things...spearfishing and freediving. As a kid growing up in Southern California, he could always be found around water, whether it be surfing the Orange County beaches or in the pool playing water polo. And when there weren't any waves, Roy scoured the Laguna Beach reefs chasing Garibaldis and octopus!

After college and a career in the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) in support of Standing Naval Forces Mediterranean (SNFM), Operations Southern Watch (OSW), Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom (OEF), Roy settled in Miami in 2003 and immediately fell in love with the warm Atlantic waters. He started off freediving for lobster off Miami Beach and soon after picked up freeshaft spearfishing within 6 months of moving to Miami and got hooked on Freediving. If the seas are flat, you can almost guarantee that he'll be in the water spearfishing. As a multilevel freediving instructor, Roy's goal is to provide the most personalized instruction to make you a better, safer, and more confident freediver.
"I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it is because in addition to the fact that the sea changes and the light changes, and ships change, it is because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came."
John F. Kennedy
September 14, 1962
Newport, RI