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Panama freediving

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marecreature

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Hi guys,
I just got back from Panama and I thought I'd share the freediving contacts I made in the country. Before my trip I sent out a lot of emails and did a lot of research so I thought I could save someone from having to do their own research.
I ended up diving with Panama Dive Center based out of Santa Catalina. They don't currently advertise freediving on their website but I emailed them and found that one of their dive instructors, Sabina, is also a freedive instructor and she agreed to go out with me. We went out on the boat with the scuba divers and went off and dove on our own (occasionally diving down to buzz the scuba divers;)
I tried contacting some other dive operators about freediving at Coiba but they cited safety reasons, including strong currents for why they wouldn't let me freedive with them.
We did run into some moderate currents from time to time but I never felt unsafe as the dive boat kept an eye on us.

I was also planning on diving with Spearfishing Panama but I ran out of time on my trip. It sounds like they have some pretty cool blue water diving trips between March and May which I may go back for.

Feel free to message me with any questions.
 
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