THE APNEA & SURF SURVIVAL COURSE IS GOING BACK TO TAHITI

The Apnea and Surf Survival course is coming back to Tahiti on May 3rd, 4th and 5th 0f 2024.

This course is invaluable for anyone who spends time in the ocean: surfers, lifeguards, distance swimmers and divers. Increase your energy levels and improve your breath hold skills in this 3 days seminar. After this course you will breathe deeper, hold your breath longer and surf with more confidence.

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The Apnea & Surf Survival course is designed to help surfers of all levels to feel more confident and comfortable in the ocean. This course emphasizes different breathing techniques to fully oxygenate the body. These help to strengthen and increase the capacity of your lungs and to enhance performance. Higher oxygen levels create more focus, energy, endurance and awareness.  Longer breath-hold is a natural consequence of the deep breathing exercises.

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.

Big Wave Surfer and Professional Diver Ricardo Taveira, founder of Hawaii Eco Divers, has been teaching Apnea and Surf Survival for years, improving surfers’ safety in Hawaii and around the world. This course is designed with only one goal in mind: to increase your breath hold capability in tense situations underwater while remaining calm and in total control of your mind.  Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity. This course is designed for surfers of all levels who want to feel more confident in the ocean!

Ricardo Taveira. Big wave surfer and apnea instructor

Special Price for  TAHITi $200.oo usd (Regular price for Hawaii and California is $375.00)

Sign up here Apnea & Surf Survival in Tahiti 

Location: College AMJ, Rue Dumont d’Urville, Papeete, TahitiPapeete, Tahiti

Course Itinerary

Friday, May 3rd. From 5 pm to 9pm

Theory development (classroom only). We will be performing breathing and breath holding exercises out of the water.

Saturday, May 4th. From 1 pm to 7 pm.

Breathing and breath holding skills for surfing survival scenarios in the swimming pool

Sunday, May 5th  9am to 5 pm

Ocean training, Apnea Surf Survival and Surf Rescues

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 breathing & apnea;
•  Risks and dangers of training apnea;
•  Proper breathing exercises to improve ventilation and strengthening of the lungs;
•  Water safety;
•  Static apnea, dynamic apnea and stressed apnea exercises
•  Surf survival drills
•  Risk management and emergency action plan;
•  Surfing rescue skills;
• CPR skills

Tested and Proven Results

We teach classes regularly in Hawaii, California, Panama, Brazil and many other countries. 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 our apnea training can be.

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The Instructor

Ricardo Taveira surfing Waimea Bay, Hawaii

Theory lesson: physiology of apnea