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AIDA freediving school

Certified AIDA freediving courses from beginner to advanced, plus our own spearfishing courses, taught on the Lebanese coast by people who dive it all year.

  • AIDA certified
  • Beginner to advanced

Beginner to advanced

Every level builds on the one before it. Tell us where you are and we will tell you honestly which course fits.

  1. 01AIDA certified

    AIDA 1 · Discover Freediving

    One day in the water to see whether the sport is for you: relaxation, breathing, finning, duck dives and equalising, with a safety buddy beside you the whole time.

    Level
    Beginner
    Course depth
    To 10 m
    You need
    A 100 m swim. No freediving experience.
  2. 02AIDA certified

    AIDA 2 · Freediver

    The real first certification: breath-hold theory, equalising on the way down, buddy rescue, and your first proper descents on the line.

    Level
    Beginner
    Course depth
    To 20 m
    You need
    A 100 m swim. AIDA 1 is useful, not required.
  3. 03AIDA certified

    AIDA 3 · Advanced Freediver

    Free immersion, deeper equalisation technique, rescue from depth and longer holds: the level where you start diving independently with a buddy.

    Level
    Intermediate
    Course depth
    To 30 m
    You need
    AIDA 2 or an equivalent certification.
  4. 04Our own course

    Spearfishing · Beginner

    Breath-hold fundamentals first, then the hunt: reading the bottom, approaching fish, loading and shooting safely, and handling what you bring up.

    Level
    Beginner
    Course depth
    10 to 15 m
    You need
    Comfortable in open water.
  5. 05Our own course

    Spearfishing · Advanced

    Deeper drops and longer bottom times: aspetto and agguato, gun and rubber setup, hunting the structure of this coast, and the habits that keep a hunting dive uneventful.

    Level
    Advanced
    Course depth
    Deeper water, on the line and on the hunt
    You need
    Freediving experience, or AIDA 2.

AIDA certifies freediving only; there is no AIDA spearfishing certification. Our spearfishing courses are our own, built on the same freediving fundamentals and taught to the same safety standards.

Why train here

  1. 01

    AIDA standards

    Freediving courses follow the AIDA international syllabus: fixed skills, fixed safety rules, and a certification recognised anywhere in the world.

  2. 02

    Our own water

    We dive here all year. You train in the conditions you will actually dive in, at the spots we know best.

  3. 03

    Gear that fits

    The shop is the other half of the classroom. You train on equipment fitted to you, and you get told honestly what to buy and what to skip.

Booking

  1. 01

    Message us

    Tell us your experience and what you want out of a course. We will tell you which level fits.

  2. 02

    Pick your dates

    Courses run in small groups. Theory, pool and open-water sessions are set around your schedule and the sea.

  3. 03

    Get in the water

    Train, pass the skills, and leave with your certification, and with gear you know how to use.

Course prices depend on the level and the group size. Message us for the current rate and the next dates.

Come by

Try on fins and masks, check sizes and talk gear before you buy.

Address
78, Mina Tripoli
Hours
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM