5 Freediving Safety Tips that could save your life
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2017
- Top 5 Freediving safety tips! Freediving safety has always been very important to me. I get asked a lot about freediving techniques and freediving tips but I really do believe that the most important information that I can offer and spread is freediving safety.
If you find the information in this video useful share it around. It's up to us to create a strong and safe freediving community around the world.
In the video I talk about:
The use of the snorkel
Weighting for freediving
Diving with congestion or with a cold
Why not to exhale underwater
Recovery breathing
If you're keen to check out our online freediving school go to www.freedivingmanual.com
To learn to freedive in Australia check out www.freedivingfamily.com
Dive alone die alone
dive together live together
100%
I agree :)
parker144. Yes.
Words to *live* by.
very true
Never dive alone.. the rule we all dislike the most..
haha but the one that keeps us alive ;)
if anything, tell people to not be in the camera shot so when you post on social media, it looks like its only you :'D
haha.. yes.. most of the time i dive alone for more than 6 hrs.. only Allah saves
@@mohiuddinalfarra5440 one day he won't your just lucky dude he won't save you when you. Black out under the water when alone
mohiuddin alfarra downright moronic.
Thank you for telling people to take their snorkels out... has always confused/surprised me ...
Such a basic thing that gets ignored so often haha
I love that last tip because that was the first thing I ever learned to do. Now I do it and sometimes people who don't understand question me and so I can teach them as well.
Shana Tova Adam!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I started freediving by my own a few months ago here in France, and it help so much.
Excellent video's as always! watching your tip's etc has helped me so much in my free diving/spearfishing adventures. Thank you!
I have gone in and out of freediving clubs various times. I suffer from severe social anxiety, people mis interpret my behaviour. This always leads to not being able to make meaningful connections/friendships. I have reached an intermediate level mostly on my own, not by choice and I realize it is dangerous.. I just have no other choice it seems.
Do you fear dead?
I think this is the reality of many people - unfortunately, the instructors take the ‘abstinence’ approach similar to conservative sex education. this means lot of what can be done when alone, aren’t discussed at all.
The.magic feeling in freediving comes only alone. But I also have similar problem. I am a little bit Asperger Autistic.
I don't care what anybody else says about the dog recovery breathing I love it thank you for adding it into the video
I love the way you make yourself so clear in everything you do or say. I can tell that you have a lisp by the way your mouth moves, but that's about it; as you speak pretty clearly. Keep up the great work and have a great day.
Thanks so much Emily :)
Awesome! I completed a freediving course over the weekend and this is exactly what we were taught👌👌👌
how perfect!
I'm from the UK and im a kid, are there any free diving courses in the UK for sub 18s ? :D
Thank you for making it so clear how important it is to always dive with somebody else!! I sometimes worry about my friends when they dive alone. What are your thoughts about spearfishermen typically keeping bigger distances?
I'm going for my first freediving course in a couple of weeks in Koh Tao, Thailand.. I've been watching a number of video so I knew about your first four tips but number five was new to me and a great one! Thanks...
thank you I am new to freediving, have been scuba diving for about twenty years so this is a whole new experience for me. I am loving and sharing your videos. 😘
thanks so much :) yeah I hope you've properly caught the freediving bug!!!!
watching your videos before getting certified! :p thank you! all these will stay in my subconscious!
very welcome! This probably means I could start subliminally programming people hahaha :P
I just noticed your videos and I am very glad that I did :)
Keep up the good work and best regards from Turkey !
Serdar
Thanks so much Serdar! will do :)
the last tip is awesome mate! Thanks for sharing!
Tilo Niong you're so welcome :) thank you
thanks for the Infomations
imed lefifene you're very very welcome :)
Awesome introduction hahaha. That recovery breathe made my day LOL. Thank you once again Adam.
hahahaha thank you brother! as always :) I tried to have more fun with this one
Epic video thank you!
I haaaate all the information since I dive alone. I was so happy diving unknowingly of all the dangers and warning...
Oh hell i pressed the subscribe button 😁😁 great videos you make man, i realy love what you're doing for the cumunity, thx so much for all these valuable vodeos you do...
Hi Adam, really love your videos, both entertaining and educational. Is there a way to know if your sinus lesion has healed or not and it's safe to go diving again? You mention widely varying healing periods, so how do you know if you're healed or not, other than going into the water to see whether you bleed again or not?
Thanks for all this info man! I'm really excited to get into scuba/free diving. But I'm worried about injuring or possibly killing myself from my lungs exploding from compressed air at depth.
very welcome :) that wont happen at all so there's no need to worry :) the human body is very capable of handling the pressure
Informative yet hilariously entertaining. Thanks Adam!
John Tolentino hahaha thanks John! I figured I may as well have some fun with it
I'm so glad I found this channel!! liked, shared, subd!
yiew! thanks bro!
I was diving in southern California and I heard a weird snap or click and I felt a sharp pain in my jaw. I was spearfishing and I had found a huge patch of nice fish in the shallows (15-30 ft) like 4 to 10 meters and then I felt that pain, I took off my mask and I looked inside. I was like, oh crap theirs blood?!?! Then I swam back over to my boat and almost caught a nice blue shark.
Keep doing what your doing Adam, it helps people understand and be safer when freediving.
-Jackass penguin the young spearo
Thanks heaps buddy! :) Very much appreciate that! sounds like you had a cheeky sinus burst
thanks arthur for showing us the example of recovery
He really does do the best recovery breathing haha
Important video! Can you make a video how to relax/turn off your Brain while diving. Im always thinking so much while Im diving so i find it hard to be relaxed.
victorwickel oh interesting! I think I'll make a video on mental approaches and techniques for freediving
Okay thank you! It would be great to here that from a great freediver not just a regular guy :)
victorwickel stoned brother stonedd
:)
don't think about your thoughts...just accept them and let them pass!
this way it is a good idea for you to go full time freediving because you really what your doing great video btw
For sure :) I have been freediving full time for the past 4 years though. But I suppose it would be nice to be able move out of my parents house! hahahaha
Mate I really find your vdus really useful and educational.....keep it up and thx for sharing knowledge which became rare nowadays ...everyone wants to keep it locked don't know why....I believe it is the most amazing and playful sport ....I only go to tge sea to play :)
Thank you, Adam - all this is really helpful
You're so welcome Holger, I'm just really glad that you're finding it helpful :)
I tried freediving class last weekend and starting to research techniques
Great video Adam thank you! Im new to freediving, I just bought some weights, how much would you say I need to get started? Ive got a 5 mm wetsuit and weight around 165 pounds.
awesome :) I'd say start with 4 x 3 pound weight and if you need another one just put on a 5th :)
thanks for this adam! :)
Dude #amazeballs! Thanks so much!
thanks for sharing :) i'm waiting for your other video!
David Setyawan it's coming :) thanks so much!
Wow, what a great video! Love your humor! Please meet me in Maui next week, I'd love to get a free dive lesson from you! :D
thanks so much! :) I'mm be in Honduras for the next 2 weeks :)
thanks for reminding Adam...
Bold Traveler PH very very welcome :)
thanks a lot that was very usefull advices for all of us.
Love your videos (and love your sense of humor)!
thank you for great advice
Very very welcome
Thanks Adam! 3:40 recovery breathing 👍
Best free diving tips I've seen
ah thanks so much buddy :)
Hey Adam! I love your videos. Is it possible for you to make a video on techniques and tips for beginners of freediving and also different ways to practice and improve. Thanks!
Thanks Kenda! Yeah so far I have been making more general videos but I will start to make my way to introducing beginners to different freediving techniques. My next video will be all about tips for beginners :)
Thanks!
love the video💕 Thanks adam!
Jen Plecerda you're very welcome Jen! Thank you :)
thanks, Adam! Great tips!
very welcome :)
Weight so that you float at the surface when you exhale.. buddy, I sink from the surface whether I have weights or not. Thank you for the safety tips and clear video! I don’t freedive (my max is 15 feet ish, I just dive to explore when I swim in sounds and lakes and such) but I am interested, and these tips are relevant to me even now! (Like now I know better than to swim super far horizontally while congested). Thanks!
Then you need to wear a thicker wetsuit.
Sounds like you're just snorkeling. Freediving is mostly done with a wetsuit, which increases your buoyancy, preventing you from sinking
First of all, thanks for all the great knowledge. I remember you said in the breathe up video you were gonna talk about recovery breathing. Now I happen to come accross this video and finally got the information, but before that, I search for your recovery breathing video found nothing. Perhaps you could make a link at the breathe up video that leads to this one?? Or in some other ways because I reckon someone might miss the information. Thanks!!
I really like the explanation of “recovery breathing”😂
Thanks for tips!
very very welcome!
Thank you so much! Your dog is awsome! I love my dog too😅💖
Very useful, Adam! I love your videos.
Thanks Josh!!! :)
Excellent video. Subscribed. Much appreciated.
thanks heaps buddy!
Hi Adam.
What’s your opinion on using “non-fitted” weights as assistance to save o2 while descending?
I mean having a appropriate or lesser amount of weights on the belt, and a additional 5-10kgs attached to the float that one could use to descend without consuming o2 and then just let go of it once you’ve reached depth. I’m thinking this would be usable in a spearfishing situation when you’d wanna increase bottom time for for example aspetto.
I know a lot of world class spearfishers who use this but it's so dangerous! A lot of these divers get decompression illness diving this way and in general i'd avoid doing it :)
Thanks for your reply! Yeah, some people goes pretty deep, like 30-60m like this, but I'm not hunting very deep, max 20m. I just want to conserve some o2 instead of spending it all going down. Does this affect your opinion at all? :)
Sure doesn't haha :) The safer and smarter option is to just develop your diving so you are comfortable to dive to 20m and stay there for a while. You should be able to do it with a relatively small amount of training :) But in general if you can't get there on your own power dont go there at all :)
Adam Freediver Good answer. My problem is I live in cold dark Sweden, where it’s not possible to practice deep diving regularly. I do my deep diving while visiting family in Greece. “My island” has pretty steep cliffs and deep waters, and there is no way to catch other than little reef fish above 10-15m. Anyways, thanks for your input! :) Cheers / E
hey Adam,
I share all you videos with Freediving communities here in UAE. Also through what's App and other media.
keep it up. we support you
Thanks adam #3 scared the shit out of me.
Mark Tudtud Ambalong 😂😂😂 oh me too. I've burst blood vessels in my sinuses in the past
How long does it take to heal tho? I am scared lol I'll probably chill for awhile. I snorted out some blood last weekend :O
Ah okay. Usually it's fine if you just give it a week but you should be able to feel some tenderness when you press on the skin around your eyes if there is still a wound
From the very first start of freediving a little bit blood was coming out of my nose. Not at every dive or each session. But from time to time. How ever, in the end of 2015 I got a bad sinus infection which turned to be chronicle. Today it feels way better. But deep diving is still not possible. After a couple of descents my sinuses doesn't equalize anymore :-(
Ah brother that's such a shame. It should heal in time as the scarring and inflammation settles down
Hi Adam. when and where are the freedive course in Sydney? cheers.
Michael Dowell I run them on the Northern Beaches, Monavale. This is my email: Adam.thomas.stern@gmail.com flick me an email and I can give you the details
Good prononciation. Easy to understand.
that recovery breathing by the puppy :) great video thx.
haha thanks :)
there is nothing more important than safty, great video!!!! maby you can make a series videos on safty tips~
Thank you! I'll definitely be making more videos on the topic of freediving safety :)
hey, good vídeo, greetings from Mexico, if you ever come here ley me know!
Thanks for the video. You just got 1 sub from Fiji. Vinaka
ah awesome Harry! :)
I LOVE YOU TOO ADAM!!!!! ...and thank youuuuuuuuuuuu :) x
You are so so so so so welcome! :)
Remarkable. Great film
Hey Adam, i got a question. Since one month i tried freediving and I have a lot of fun and ambition because of your videos. I'm just diving 4 m deep in a pool (longest time swiming under water 1:25), but there's this little problem ... when I'm diving without a mask, I don't have any problem equalising but when I'm diving with a (low volume freedive-) mask, it get's really hard for me to equalise and today i got a bleeding nose and a small pain above and under the right eye. Of course I stopped diving, but i don't know what to do to stop this pain and get to equalise properly. Do you got an answer?
Julius Tirpitz nice work :) so what you're experiencing is a sinus squeeze and a burst blood vessel in your sinuses. Most likely in this case from not equalising the mask as you descend :)
Ok thanks a lot! I'll try that next time :) and btw, I really love your videos and how you manage to answer every single comment, keep going!
Careful mate, you've just gone and gotten engaged, your dog can't be your only favorite thing, lol. Great video, cheers from Ohio.
Mr. Sloth Hahahaha I put that line in there just to tease her haha sending the greetings back from Sydney
Thanks for the info.
Very very welcome!
YOU JUST GOT A SUB BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kol Michelson thank you!!!!! I'll keep the videos flowing :)
You are the best, mate. I can hold my breath for about 5 minutes but underwater, moving, I can do less than 1 minute =(
Felipe Reis that's probably just a comfort thing. Perhaps you're more comfortable doing static breath holds than diving?
Adam Freediver I can't say that I prefer but I am more familiar with it. I am doing Spearfishing and I am watching your videos to help me with some techniques :D
Well if you have a 5 minute static breath hold them you should be able to do dives longer than 1 minute. I think the best approach will be to just take it slow and slowly over the next few months start to extend your dive times. it may feel uncomfortable in the beginning but you will gain more comfort in time
Adam Freediver thanks buddy! I will do that!
Awesome Guy.. Thanks so much
Good to see you here legend!
Yeah.
Subscribed
Hi Adam I'm new to your channel. Thank you for all you do, have you done any videos about freediving computer and which one you recommend, thanks in advance
Thanks so much Hugo! I have always used Suunto watches. Those things are like tanks- I have a 10 year old Suunto watch and it has never broken
Thanks Adam, keep up the good work, really enjoy your videos, you need to visit New Orleans, sheers
Hey Adam, can you provide some information on Trachea and Lung Sequeeze. The difference between the two, causes and recovery time etc.???
absolutely. that video will be coming for certain! :)
Thanks Adam, your a legend bru
Awesome video man!! Very important!!
Let me ask you.. how deep do people generally become negative in buoyancy?
Thanks bro
It really depends because everyone's body is so different but by around 10m you should be neutral or negative
Adam Freediver nice man!! I never had the opportunity to dive more than 6/7 meters so I've never experienced this.. Thanks for answering ;)
Hi, very nice informative video :)) one question, when should we exhale then? is it before the recovery breathing? or do we corporate it in the recovery breathing?
once you reach the surface, just before recovery breathing :)
@@AdamFreediver Thanks for the reply mate :)) good luck with your future baby !!!
Great vid....
Got onto your channel from Daniel Mann's vid.
Love ya content
Thanks! stoked you like it :)
Been a smoker for 10 years (smoke-free for a year now and trying to live a healthier life), something which I now regret as it greatly affected my lung capacity.
Hi, I just subscribed to your channel cause your energy is just great (yr very crazy) !
Now...
about this ''never dive alone'' business.....I get it on a professional lvl...but...when sometimes I go swimming on my own (I do live in Greece on a beautiful island and no one shares my enjoyment for freediving) sometimes I practice my ''holding the breath'' on my own....cant help myself. I don't act stupid ....like go really deep or try and break records I just sometimes do it....Am I asking for trouble?
well....if you practice holding your breath just make sure you do it out of the water and when you dive keep it nice and easy and shallow and you'll be fine
easy & shallow I agree ,
thanks & good luck with the comp x
great video! thanks
Good video! thanks.
very welcome :)
I do not use freediving to dive deep but just be around the surface and dive a little bit. I did not take a course yet, i can hold my breath for 3 minutes.
that's a solid breath hold Hanna :) I think most freedivers enjoy diving mostly to experience the aquatic world and marine life :) I think you would love the course if you get around to taking it :)
Hi Adam, I want to add Spanish subtitles to your Video, but I can't edit the Subtitles if you don't allow it. You are our Freediving Master Hero
hahah thanks Carlos I'll go and allow it now :)
Done
Wow thanks bud im in jersey so our waters r just starting to heat up i can finally feel free again another question if possible me and my nephew have been diving at the local YMCA its been a blast and while i train he has been watching me because im amazing lol and now hes 10yrs old he is so AMAZING he equalizes to naturaly he understands depth at a rate that i can not understand BECAUSE at 10yrs old give me cereal and comics haha so hez my diving partner haha on a serious note he lovez it and is taking to it rapidly any good exercises for kids iv watch all ur videos and u never mention children diving im very safe but im alittle nervous with him any thoughts? And no he is not free diving with me
Ah that's beautiful! Well when it comes to kids diving all the same rules apply but because their heart and lungs arent fully developed I would limit his depth to 5m and just let him progress slowly over the years. Once he is 16 the game changes and he will be fine to dive significantly deeper. But in terms of exercises there isn't much to do at this point, just make sure he takes a nice full breath and has heaps of fun!
Love the video
Thank you :)
The dog though!😂😂
you're the best!
Thank you!!!!!!
i have sinuses or flu n it usually happen a day before or when the weather becomes cold or raining.
also if you dive without snorkel that covers the nose wouldnt you need to exhale a bit cause the pressure from water becomes higher as you swim deeper n it pushes in the nose.
Ed K ah that sucks. I've never seen a snorkel that covers the nose???
ahh, i mean diving mask. haha...
ahh, i mean diving mask. haha...
ahh, i mean diving mask. haha
No don't exhale as you ascend :) keep the air inside
I’ve literally done all of these😂”Anna cheating death chronicles” my future book.
hahahahah Anna! you crack me up!
I need that lesson for #2 so bad.. What good technique are you talking about for smoother descent deeper in water? :D
havea look at my freediving technique 101 video :)
Hello Adam, is there a danger of getting the divers sickness while freediving, or is a thing that happens only to scuba divers?
You mean DCS, decompression sickness? No, that happens when you're breathing gas under pressure, i.e. Scuba.
Great advice 😊
Thank you Catarina!
Adam Freediver 😁
Thank you for this very informative video❤
Love you too
kisses! hahaha
Hi Adam, just a question regarding not exhaling underwater... I see some of your videos where bubbles come's out in your mouth while exploring underwater... where you exhaling then?
Thanks!
Banana King no not exhaling, most likely just loosing some air out of the mask because I have a beard most of the time so my mask leaks
Adam Freediver Thanks Adam... one last question... I need help with my breath hold.. Im doing the traditional CO2 table and doing 1:30 for 8 rounds for dry static apnea... I do apnea walks as well.. now my problem is that I cant seem to simulate it when I dive. Im not sure what Im doing wrong
What are you trying to simulate when you dive? Your dry breath hold times will never reflect your ability to dive when you're in the water. They help to train fitness and comfort for breath holding itself
when I do apnea walks for about 20 meters back and forth, I try to simulate finning and do frenzel equalization as I move and do this within 1:30. So I'm trying to train myself as what I'd do underwater hoping to get improvements on the actual dive. So I'm not sure exactly how I would improve my dive.. or maybe perhaps I just nee to give myself time until i'd overcome this... :)
Your training is correct. If you're not noticing improvement maybe you need to increase the intensity of the exercise but nothing will improve your diving like just diving :)
I like this guy. Thanks mate.
never exhale underwater is a good one. Worth watching for that tip. Many thanks
So glad you liked the video! Thank you :)
Hey adam what should we do to prevent congested sinuses or if you have a congested sinus, how to cure it?
When taking one final breath before you dive do you do it through your stomach or your chest? Or both?
Stomach first then chest :) fill them both up!
How do you get down to look at scenery during your dives with that much air in you besides using a weight belt I feel too bouyant with all that air.... Also do you only exhale when very close to the surface or during your mid freedive?
Unfortunately there's no freediving courses where I live in Alaska.
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Regarding exhaling underwater: I've read research that seals consistently exhale on ascent as releasing air from the lungs prevents a reversal of the lung-blood oxygen gradient that results from the lungs suddenly expanding with low pressure air. In other words, exhaling air during ascent prevents oxygen in the blood from being sucked into the lungs, which is a cause of shallow water blackout. So do you think it is actually better to exhale on ascent because of this reason?
Pretty sure the expanding air issue if from breathing compressed air at depth and would never come into play with free diving.