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Ireland Freediving in Achill

FREEDIVING IN IRELAND

2025 FREEDIVING & SPEARFISHING COURSE DATES:

We are so excited for this upcoming season!

โ€‹For anyone who already considers themselves a freediver and/or spearo,
check out our FREE Community Meet-Up event on April 19 at Portroe Quarry!


For Courses - check out our 2025 bookings here!

We are posting limited dates in 2025. If we have the availability and as these dates fill up, there may be a possibility that we will open more up at a later date. 
Keep an eye on our instagram, facebook, and bookings page.

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INFO ON AIDA FREEDIVING
COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Our Freediving Course Weekends are for everyone – those with zero experience and also those with varied skill levels who want to deepen their knowledge and improve their abilities!

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Emerald Freediving is qualified to teach AIDA International freediving courses up to the Master course level. The world-renowned AIDA education system supports divers to safely progress by ensuring they learn essential skills and gain further important theoretical understanding according to their level.

 

Our freediving course weekends cover AIDA 1, AIDA 2, AIDA 3, and AIDA 4 level curriculum.

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Not sure which level is best for you? Check out the flow chart below to see which course is appropriate for your ability and eligibility. Feel free to contact us if you need help understanding which starting point is appropriate for you.

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AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON AIDA CERTIFICATIONS:

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Taking an AIDA Freediving "Course" is not synonymous with achieving that AIDA level "Certification." 

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Technically, AIDA 2-4 courses each have a set of requirements that need to be met if a diver wants to obtain full certification for their level (the exception is AIDA 1, which only requires participation to achieve this certification). However, you do not need to work towards certification, unless you'd like to. Either way you will gain a lot from your course! 

 

Course requirements are achieved only as they are earned - not simply by participating. With that, every student is different and so we encourage students go at a slow, steady, and safe pace suited to their abilities.

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You will gain a lot from your course - whether or not you pursue or obtain that level's certification requirements. 

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We have lots of students who do not focus on certification as their main goal, while others enjoy working towards achieving all the requirements during the course, and in training after the course, in order to achieve certification at their respective level.

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We as instructors do not make certification the main goal of these course weekends. We focus on ensuring that you have acquired an understanding of the theory taught to you, have been able to safely learn, practice and improve your skills at your current level of ability.

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However, for those students who do want to work towards full certification, we will support you by coaching you on the standard theory and requirements for your course level, and sign off on them as and when they are accomplished to standard.

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With that, it is unrealistic to expect to complete all the requirements for any full level AIDA course on a two-day weekend in Ireland, based on the logistics and accessibility of all required disciplines. Students have up to 1 year to complete all requirements for their current AIDA level.

 

All full AIDA certifications have requirements to be met in both Depth AND Pool disciplines. Our course weekends at Portroe Quarry Dive Site focus on the Depth disciplines, with potential opportunity for Static as well. For those who would like to pursue booking additional Pool sessions outside of the course weekend, to work on achieving their respective level’s Dynamic discipline requirements, feel free to contact us for more info. Anyone that achieves all AIDA requirements for their level, we will sign-off these requirements, and certify when all achieved. 

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Whether or not you are interested in working towards achieving an AIDA course certification, you will get a lot out of your course - by gaining a breadth of knowledge, practice, personalized coaching towards your goals!

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Emerald Freediving AIDA Freediving Ireland Course Flow Chart

REVIEWS

I did an intermediate course with Charlie and Dave in Keem Bay in August, and it was absolutely one of the highlights of my summer, if not year! There was a great mix of in depth theory, practices on land and then in water training as well.

Everything was really well organised before and during the course, and I really gained a lot from the training sessions. Charlie and Dave are both lovely people and their love for free diving is really infectious, they are extremely knowledgeable and attentive instructors and teach in a safe, supportive and relaxed way. I left feeling super inspired to carry on learning and enjoying being underwater.

It was also an absolute joy to explore some of Irelands underwater natural beauty, we saw all sorts of different species of jellyfish, fish including flatfish and sand eels, crabs, starfish and swam through some beautiful kelp.

In summary, I couldn't recommend Emerald Freediving enough!

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- Rachel

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