Community Freedive Sessions
Community Freedive Sessions
Description
You said you'd love to be part of this.
So many of you have asked how to help. We need you — so here's an easy way in.
We'll sponsor your free freediving session. You just cover your online learning.
It's our thank you, and our way of bringing you in. We give our time and expertise on the water; you give back to the kaupapa when you can. We give, you give, we all grow.
Your freediving session
- In-water instruction with our kaiako
- Our time, skill and years on the ocean
You cover your online learning
- Your SSI online learning materials
- A willingness to help when you can
- A quick medical self-declaration
Kaupapa we're growing across Te Tai Tokerau
We need everybody — in the water and on the side
Helping doesn't mean you have to be a diver. There's a place here for everyone.
Lend a hand
Turn sausages, greet whānau, help keep our rangatahi safe poolside, share the word, or bring your people. Whatever you can give, we'll find a place for it.
Awhi our wāhine-only kaupapa
For Wāhine Moana and our women-and-girls sessions, we especially need wāhine alongside us to mentor and hold that space.
Want to learn to freedive yourself? Put your hand up.
If you'd love to dive too — that's a heck yes from us. Tell us when you sign up and we'll sponsor your session. You'll learn, you'll connect, and you'll be ready to give back to the next crew coming through.
Yes — count me inIf this really sparks you — there's a future in it
For some, a first breath-hold turns into something bigger. If the ocean lights you up, there's a real pathway here — and real mahi down the track.
Where it can lead
- Train up through the freediving certifications
- Become an instructor and teach in your own community
- Help deliver Te Wheke Moana in schools and kura
- Mentor rangatahi and lead local clubs
- Paid delivery and career roles as we grow
New Zealand's first female SSI Freediving Instructor Trainer, with 25+ years of professional ocean experience. Partnership history with Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, EMR, R. Tucker Thompson Trust, and the I Have A Dream Foundation.
Put your hand up using the form. Tell us how you'd like to help and whether you'd like to freedive yourself. We'll be in touch with your next steps — including your SSI sign-up and online learning if you're diving with us. Easy as.
Two ways in — pick yours
However you're joining us, here's exactly what to do. No mystery, no waiting on us.
Get in the water
- Sign up and pay here — once you do, you'll be assigned your online learning.
- Create your free SSI account and select Freedive Aotearoa as your dive centre, so your learning and certification load to us. Register with SSI →
- Keep an eye on your inbox — your online learning will land there. Work through it before your session.
- Jump into your local WhatsApp group below so you know when and where.
Lend a hand — no cost
- No financial commitment — just fill in the put your hand up form.
- Then jump into your local WhatsApp group below, so you know when and how things are happening.
Find your local crew
We run our freediving clubs through WhatsApp, by region. Jump into your local crew — or join Te Tai Tokerau to know what's happening anywhere in the north.
Put your hand up. We'll take it from there.
Two minutes is all it takes. Tell us how you'd like to be part of it, and we'll do the rest.
Or call Sacha · +64 27 373 3348