THAILAND - Training, courses, clinic

[francois]

Hello all,

Feel free to join us in the Andaman sea ... Loads of freediving from end of january to end of february in Koh Lanta, south of Thailand.

EXCELLENT freediving in Pee pee, Koh Bida, Ko haa, Hin daeng Hin Muang...

AIDA * * * * Freedivers course
AIDA Instructor course ( 9 to 12 days )
Freediving clinic ( AIDA - F R E E )
Freediving competition ( cwt, cnf, stat and dyn )


Read more below :

Freedive in Thailand february 2008
AIDA International ( calendar / education )

[Walrus]

Hi Francois,
do you know roughly what sort of depth limit you will have for the competition ?

[cebaztian]

We might only find 40-45.
But if we do a longer boat ride I think we can find up to 60.

Freedive in Thailand february 2008

Sebastian

Dolphins at shark point today, Koh Phi phi

[Lobo Marino]

[Lobo Marino]

you can get 40/50m at Koh Ha ,and 70m off Hin Daeng ,great dive-site but a bit more far,50km from Lanta (some say it's the best site of Thailand ,it can compete with "Richelieu rock" in the similans.)
Anyway Koh Ha is nearer and great too ,with chances to see blacktips ,turtles ,leopard shark ,and a great viz similar to the red sea.


PS:depth on the map above are in meters, Koh Ha is at the bottom of the picture.

[francois]

I remember we found last year something like 50 m quiet close from Koh Haa 5, on the south west part of the rock.

The problem about Hin Daeng is that we have 70% of chances of geting some strong current ...

Ko haa is just fine. Besides you can always hide somewhere and protect against wind and current and still find some depth for a small comp.

[francois]

The competition will most probably take place on february 9th...
Currents wont be so good but the dates match with the Chinese new year and we hope having as many Thai freedivers as possible.

If you want to be IN, I ll post the comp in a few days in the freedive central competition calendar with all the info needed.

[francois]

The competition will most probably take place on february 9th...
Currents wont be so good but the dates match with the Chinese new year and we hope having as many Thai freedivers as possible.

If you want to be IN, I ll post the comp in a few days in the freedive central competition calendar with all the info needed.

[francois]

More info about the comp below :

Andaman Freediving challenge 2008 :: Freedive Central

[francois]

Everyone participating in the competition or just wanting to see it :


Friday 8th

08:00 Boat leaves from Saladan to Ko Haa ( training day )
15:30 Boat back to Saladan

16:00 Event comitee + announcements in Blue Planet office in Saladan
17:00 Bus takes competitors and staff to LANGHAM RESORT ( RAWI WARIN)
18:00 First static warm up
18:50 First static performance2
20:30 First dynamic warm up
22:00 End of day one

Saturday 9th

8.00 - Boat leaves from Ko Lanta
09.30 - Arriving at Ko Haa

10.00 - First warm up
10.30 - First official top in Constant Weight No Fins
12.10 - End of Constant Weight No Fins

12.30 - First official top in Free Immersion
14.10 - End of Free Immersion

14.30 - First official top in Constant Weight
16.10 - End of Constant Weight

16.30 - Boat leaves from Ko Haa
18.00 - Arriving at Ko Lanta





FOR MORE INFO CONTACT scuba@blueplanetdivers.net
CHECK : http://freedivecentral.com/c-andaman...llenge-2008-40

[BennyB]

Sounds like a fun comp Francois, let us know how everyone goes.


Cheers,
Ben

[ADELENELYNCH]

Darn! Wish I had known about this earlier. Would have loved to do a course. Looking forward to more courses like that in Southeast Asia.

[Lobo Marino]

please keep us updated !
any Thai National records ?

[garywhiteeye]

Any news yet??

[Lobo Marino]

Freedive in Thailand february 2008

there is a report and the results here.