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Online Theory Course – 3rd July
During the course we cover everything from equipment required for safety & comfort, to environmental factors to consider when planning a dive, to learning how to recognise good hunting grounds before setting out for your spearfishing or foraging adventure.
July 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Group size: 5 | Duration: 2hrs | Instructors: 1 | Location: Online
£35.00
This spearfishing theory course will be held remotely via Google Meet and last approximately 2 hours. There will be opportunities to ask questions throughout.
This course is suitable for all ages and abilities, from complete beginners to those more experienced divers, to those who simply wish to have a better understanding of the theory behind it all!
During the course we teach you about the equipment used for freediving, foraging or spearfishing from wetsuits and how they differ to surf wetsuits, to the different types of fins and their pros and cons. We’ll discuss the importance of getting your weighting right and how that can impact a dive. We’ll review the correct use of buoys & floats and other best practices to ensure you maximise safety during your dives.
Once we’ve covered the gear and how to correctly and safely use it, we’ll move on to exploring all the factors every diver must consider when planning a dive. From understanding how to find good hunting grounds, depending on what species you are targeting, to how to interpret the weather and how they can impact diving conditions.
Core Content:
- Equipment overview
- How to find good dive locations
- How the weather impacts diving
- Wind direction & speed
- Rain
- Tides & currents
- Swell
- Algal blooms
Once you have completed the course, we will share a pdf. document with an overview of what we covered during the course, complete with a list of which online or app-based resources we recommend. You can use this document as a reference and reminder moving forward.