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Reviewed February 6, 2021
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I took the Survival Apnea course with Augusto in Santa Teresa and highly recommend it! He is... read more

Reviewed December 5, 2020
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Reviewed May 13, 2020 via mobile

This course is a life saver. If you want to become more comfortable in the water, in a pool, surfing, on a boat, deep diving, snorkeling or really just in life, this course is for you. And if you are already super comfortable in the water like I was and just want to know about the physiology behind free diving and breath holding, the course is fascinating. To top it off, the instructor is super interesting, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable. This is one of the best things I’ve done since moving to Costa Rica 18 months ago.

Date of experience: May 2020
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Reviewed February 18, 2020 via mobile

I really enjoyed this course! Great knowledge to have both in and out of the water. Thank you Augusto!

Date of experience: February 2020
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Reviewed January 2, 2020

This two day course did not only teach me about freediving, the culture, the techniques and how to breath, it also gave me a lot of inspiration on how I'd like to work on myself and my daily breathing! While in the pool on our second day I noticed how important it is while freediving to be mentally strong and that is something that I want to practise too while getting my breathing better. Very inspiring and Augusto was a great teacher - I can highly recommend everyone to do this course!

Date of experience: December 2019
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Reviewed December 17, 2019

I had a fantastic experience on the 2 day Survival Apnea course last week with Augusto. We developed awareness of correct breathing and underwater breath holding techniques and also how to increase C02 tolerance for surfing, freediving and day to day situations. Augusto was a brilliant teacher and the small group meant it felt like a private course.  We were provided with all of the theory before hand and completed a breathing session on the yoga deck before utilising what we learned in the swimming pool the following day. Augusto answered all of our questions and made us feel comfortable and relaxed as we trained. I look forward to developing what we learned and I highly recommend this course if you are interested in surfing, freediving or would like a better understanding of how we can control our breathing to cope with stressful situations. Thanks Augusto! I look forward to coming back!

Date of experience: December 2019
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Reviewed October 25, 2019

My sister and I are competitive surfers and we enrolled in the freediving course to enhance our safety in the water, especially in big conditions. We not only learned physical techniques but also gained a greater understanding of the mental techniques that make breath-holding a positive experience. In only four days, this course improved our breath-holding time (by minutes!), boosted our confidence, and taught us techniques that we use both in and out of the water. Augusto is such a fun instructor and made our experience even more enjoyable. I highly recommend!

Date of experience: September 2019
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