APNEA & SURF SURVIVAL COURSE IS BACK IN CALIFORNIA
Apnea Training is invaluable for surfers, lifeguards, distance swimmers, and divers. Improve your breath hold skills and water safety ability at a 2 full day seminar in California this fall.
Hawaii Eco Divers brings the Apnea Training and Surf Survival course back to California. Improve your breath hold ability and surf safer!
Hawaii Eco Divers has been teaching Apnea and Surf Survival for years, improving surfers’ safety in Hawaii and around the world. The most important thing surfers learn in this course is to oxygenate the body more efficiently through deep breathing exercises in order to create more focus, increase energy and awareness. Longer breath-hold is just a consequence of deep breathing exercises. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity.
Price $300
Locations and dates:
PacificaSan Francisco, October 12th/13th – Address: Jean E. Brink Pool, 401 Paloma Ave. Pacifica. Sign up here Apnea & Surf Survival Pacifica
Huntington BeachLos Angeles, October 19th/20th – Address: Los Amigos High School, 16566 Newhope St, Fountain Valley, CA Sign up here Apnea & Surf Survival Huntington Beach
Apnea Training for Surfers
This course is designed with only one goal in mind: increase your breath hold ability in tense situations underwater, while remaining calm and in total control of your mind. This apnea training for surfers teaches different techniques of apnea and breathing exercises to fully oxygenate the body. These help to strengthen and increase the capacity of your lungs.
Beyond the physical capabilities of your lungs, this course will enhance your mental capacity to deal with stress and danger. Therefore, surfers will be better equipped to deal with extreme situations where mind control and calmness are the main factors for your survival.
We will be emphasizing High Surf Risk Management in order to recognize, minimize or avoid unnecessary risks found in the surf zone. Together, the class will work through various surf rescue scenarios and learn valuable rescue strategies based on the specific situation at hand.
California Course Structure
The class is designed to help you spend more time underwater through lectures, intense breath hold training and multiple breathing and swimming exercises. Through two days of classroom, pool, and ocean training, you will practice:
- Physiology of Apnea
- Proper breathing exercises to improve ventilation and strengthening of the lungs
- Safety
- Static Apnea
- Dynamic Apnea
- Stressed Apnea
- Risks and dangers of training apnea
- Surviving a massive wipe out
- Risk management and emergency action plan
- Rescue skills
- CPR
Tested and Proven Results
Over many years, hundreds of people have become better watermen and safer surfers because of this course. Lifeguards, firefighters, athletes, professional surfers, military, navy, police officers and more attest to how valuable apnea training can be.