Hey guys.
So i am new to this forum so excuse if I’m posting in the wrong place. But i post because i am after a bit of advice from the more experienced and in no means want to start which is better etc.
So about me, I come from an elite competitive swimming background representing my country in both the 50m and 200m freestyle disciplines. have worked as a part time lifeguard in my home on the sunny coast, Australia and well just quit me medical degree for a change of career. I have no formal free dive quals but since growing up in the water have basically done it playing around. I tried the scuba thing and got my dive master but choose not to go on to OWSI as i found that contrary to belief of those not in the scuba crowd anyone can do it as long as they have a sense of adventure and the money, a lot of scuba guys drink heavily, smoke and it wasn’t my scene, maybe a bad experience. But anyhow more recently being persistent in my goals have found the sport of free diving and keenly interested. With no formal training i have static of 4.29, mainly due to my swimming background i think and i can swim 100m underwater without fins. I tested myself because i read the requirements for what it takes to be a instructor and wanted to see how far i needed to go.
So basically after my introduction i am after opinions form people who are in the know of good schools to go all the way to instructor with. I am spoilt for choice and i am happy to travel worldwide for it, also i was looking at aida but see SSI have more schools. in the end if i did choose AIDA would this be a detriment to finding work afterwards. any help would be greatly appreciated
So i am new to this forum so excuse if I’m posting in the wrong place. But i post because i am after a bit of advice from the more experienced and in no means want to start which is better etc.
So about me, I come from an elite competitive swimming background representing my country in both the 50m and 200m freestyle disciplines. have worked as a part time lifeguard in my home on the sunny coast, Australia and well just quit me medical degree for a change of career. I have no formal free dive quals but since growing up in the water have basically done it playing around. I tried the scuba thing and got my dive master but choose not to go on to OWSI as i found that contrary to belief of those not in the scuba crowd anyone can do it as long as they have a sense of adventure and the money, a lot of scuba guys drink heavily, smoke and it wasn’t my scene, maybe a bad experience. But anyhow more recently being persistent in my goals have found the sport of free diving and keenly interested. With no formal training i have static of 4.29, mainly due to my swimming background i think and i can swim 100m underwater without fins. I tested myself because i read the requirements for what it takes to be a instructor and wanted to see how far i needed to go.