Freedive Utila - Apnea Total Freediving School
Freedive Utila - Apnea Total Freediving School
Freedive Utila - Apnea Total Freediving School
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Freedive Utila, Central America's Freediving Headquarters, is the place to learn how to hold your breath and go deeper than you ever thought. Now in our new location and offering Instructor training courses.
Utila, Honduras
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Hannah S
1 contribution
Sep 2023 • Solo
I cannot speak highly enough of Freedive Utila. I came after completing my beginner a year ago and wanting to refresh my skills and gain more confidence in the water. The team managed to balance my needs perfectly, I took a fun dive and two training sessions and fine tuned some skills alongside seeing the reef and local wreck. Lovely welcoming group of people, comfortable accommodation. A great few days.
Written 16 September 2023
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ofek w
3 contributions
Aug 2023 • Solo
freediving utila is an amazing place to learn how to freedive! they have vary positive and happy way of teaching, and they made me feel vary safe exploring this world for the first time! no depth requirements, all about the technique and safety,taking you stap by stap in your own pace.
I took the begginer & advance courses , and few fun dive in order to keep practice. Bryan was my instructor on both courses and he was perfect! everyone with ninja and chris are all aamazing and it was a pleasure freediving with them.
highly recommended! hope one day to come back to do the master course :)
I took the begginer & advance courses , and few fun dive in order to keep practice. Bryan was my instructor on both courses and he was perfect! everyone with ninja and chris are all aamazing and it was a pleasure freediving with them.
highly recommended! hope one day to come back to do the master course :)
Written 8 August 2023
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Lbasch
Stockholm, Sweden20 contributions
Jun 2023 • Solo
Highly recommend the week-long beginners package! You get the 2.5 day course plus additional training dives, guided snorkelling session and 7 nights accommodation on-site. The course was thorough with good coverage of all the safety aspects and the practical sessions were great - lots of encouragement and advice but you never felt pressured to hit a certain depth. I’m really glad I did the full week as the additional sessions got me a lot more comfortable and allowed me to push a bit deeper and try different types of dives. Shimmying down on the snorkel session to hang out with an eagle ray was also pretty amazing and definitely not something I could have done before. The accommodation is really nice too. Thanks Chris, Ninja and Thibault!!!!!!!
Written 12 June 2023
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Lucas Oliveira
Utila, Honduras1 contribution
May 2023 • Solo
Awesome freedive school, really good chill and friendly vibes. Responsible and caring instructors.
p.s. don't leave the island without trying Ninja's brownies and Bryan's cookies. Apart from good instructors they make the BEST pastries 🤤
p.s. don't leave the island without trying Ninja's brownies and Bryan's cookies. Apart from good instructors they make the BEST pastries 🤤
Written 20 May 2023
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Ava V
2 contributions
Apr 2023 • Solo
I had an amazing experience at Freedive Utila doing the beginner course. It is a fantastic feeling to be able to dive deep without scuba tanks, and also a very fun skill to use while snorkeling. The course is well designed with two theory blocks and two mornings in the water, and a lot of time is spent on the safety aspects of the sport. The whole Freedive Utila crew is so friendly and welcoming, and Ninja lets you feel safe and at ease in the water. Definitely recommended !!
Written 15 April 2023
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Wyatt Caldwlel
New York City, NY3 contributions
Mar 2023 • Solo
Couldn’t have asked for a better 3 weeks. Ninja, Chris, and Bryan were not only great instructors but made Utila feel like home. Extended my stay a week and plan on coming back in the future.
Written 12 March 2023
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Pearsemk
174 contributions
Jan 2023 • Solo
Just finished the beginner course with Freedive Utila and they were incredible from start to finish. I really wanted to go and do the advanced course but I just was caught for time, so I decided to do some coaching instead, which is a great option they have available, if you want to try improve the skills you have learnt on the course.
I would highly recommend Freedive Utila to anyone who might be thinking they would like to learn how to Freedive safely. The course will allow you to feel so much more comfortable under the water, increase the length of time you can be under the water and bring you to depths you never imagined you could reach.
I had no previous experience and now I really look forward to practicing some of these new skills while snorkelling. I also look forward to doing the advanced course sometime in the near future.
Thanks so much Emilie(Em), for being such an incredible instructor. I learnt so much and there is no way I could have achieved those depths without you. They also offer accommodation which looks super good and the vibe around the place is really nice and chill.
So many nice people including the owners Chris and Ninja (also amazing instructors) who are extremely friendly and accommodating in every way. While diving I got to see dolphins, a massive turtle and schools of fish all of which was so cool including free diving at the ship wreck.
I can’t recommend this company enough, they are very professional and friendly and Em the instructor was so patient and knowledgable. She made me feel safe and secure to get the best out of myself. I have some amazing videos of my dives and more important memories for life. I can’t wait to do it again.
Thanks Freedive Utila
I would highly recommend Freedive Utila to anyone who might be thinking they would like to learn how to Freedive safely. The course will allow you to feel so much more comfortable under the water, increase the length of time you can be under the water and bring you to depths you never imagined you could reach.
I had no previous experience and now I really look forward to practicing some of these new skills while snorkelling. I also look forward to doing the advanced course sometime in the near future.
Thanks so much Emilie(Em), for being such an incredible instructor. I learnt so much and there is no way I could have achieved those depths without you. They also offer accommodation which looks super good and the vibe around the place is really nice and chill.
So many nice people including the owners Chris and Ninja (also amazing instructors) who are extremely friendly and accommodating in every way. While diving I got to see dolphins, a massive turtle and schools of fish all of which was so cool including free diving at the ship wreck.
I can’t recommend this company enough, they are very professional and friendly and Em the instructor was so patient and knowledgable. She made me feel safe and secure to get the best out of myself. I have some amazing videos of my dives and more important memories for life. I can’t wait to do it again.
Thanks Freedive Utila
Written 26 January 2023
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Aurianne P
3 contributions
Jan 2023 • Solo
Incredible time in the island of Ùtila.
Big thanks to the instructors and all Freediving Ùtila Team!!
Big thanks to the instructors and all Freediving Ùtila Team!!
Written 21 January 2023
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Manuel D
Sluderno, Italy2 contributions
Jan 2023 • Friends
It was really cool to learn free diving in this dive school. The theory was very interesting and the peopla are so kindfull and very good instructors😁can only be recommenden👏😁
Written 18 January 2023
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Sarah W
1 contribution
Sep 2022 • Couples
My partner and I took the first level freediving course with Ninja and Brian — it was the BEST experience ever.
Booking the course was great as the staff was easy to communicate with and answered all our questions.
The course itself had so much interesting information and was really cool to see what the human body can achieve.
Brian and Ninja were amazing instructors. They were super knowledgeable and passionate about freediving. They were excellent coaches and made me feel very safe — from 21meters down all the way to the surface. Could not recommend them highly enough!
Booking the course was great as the staff was easy to communicate with and answered all our questions.
The course itself had so much interesting information and was really cool to see what the human body can achieve.
Brian and Ninja were amazing instructors. They were super knowledgeable and passionate about freediving. They were excellent coaches and made me feel very safe — from 21meters down all the way to the surface. Could not recommend them highly enough!
Written 11 September 2022
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elizhang_nyc
St. Petersburg, FL
Hi there, I noticed Travellingnurse79 mentioned Freediving Utila can teach other organizations (SSI, AIDA). Is this information correct? What do I need to do to get those certification? Will the course structure/cost change, if for example, I want to add SSI to my certification? Thanks very much everyone!
CostyRavanelli
San Juan6 contributions
Buenas!!! Nosotros vamos a viajar en Marzo 2017 a Utila...queremos saber cuál es la mejor temporada para bucear con tiburones ballenas?
El servicio que ustedes ofrecen es de buceo, estadía y desayuno, o cuál es el servicio específicamente?
Cuál es el precio?
Muchas gracias!!!! Saludos!!!