Diving Free Hawaii
Freediving Instruction and Experience with Carlos Eyles

Diving Free Hawaii is about infusing the human elements of mind, body, spirit to the ocean world that will allow the diver to intimately interact with the environment. Diving Free Hawaii offers three distinct levels of development, each one designed to enable divers to reach their full potential in the water.

World renown author, underwater photographer and free diver, Carlos Eyles has developed these week long programs based on his personal experiences of over fifty years of diving on a breath-hold in the ocean.

These programs are an exploration into the sea as well as the self. Says Carlos, "To operate effectively in the ocean on a breath-hold one must first be relaxed. To be relaxed in the body as well as the mind fosters a high level of awareness. Thus opening the diver to a more direct experience with the ocean."

Diving Free Hawaii (level one for beginning divers)
Dive sites are of special significance, offering the very best in Old Hawaii underwater. Here the new diver will spend five days learning to use the equipment properly and acquire the physical skills to freely interact with the ocean. The primary goal for level one training is to be able to operate anxiety-free on a breath-hold dive.
 
Sea Stalking (level two for intermediate divers)
Sea Stalking is shore based for the first three days and boat based for the final two days. Dive sites include turtle cleaning stations, reef shark sleeping caves and manta ray night dives (if available). Here the participant will be trained in stalking skills, and provided various camera systems in their development of underwater photography skills on subjects ranging from turtles to dolphins. Again relaxation in the water is the focus on these deeper dives.
 
Blue Edge Hawaii (level three for advanced divers)
Blue Edge Hawaii is boat based for five days. Wherein the diver will become accustomed and ultimately relaxed while free diving in limitless water and encountering open ocean sharks, fish, and dolphins. This training is specifically designed for acclimating to extreme ocean conditions for purposes of photography, film making and blue water spearfishing.
 
Private lessons are available.

Each training level probes the psychological barriers that weigh against the free diver, primarily the dilemma of the fight/flight response, and the recognition and elimination of vulnerability one feels while on a breath-hold.

Each training level explores the development of the intuition as a way to connect and thus function in the ocean world. The intuition becomes the compass that not only directs the diver but alerts them to danger, and in general raises their levels of ocean awareness.

Each five-day training runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pickup at 8 a.m. Lunches are provided. Housing close to beach provided upon request under separate billing. Private training available for all levels.

For reservations or more information call (808) 326-1569
or email info@carloseyles.com

About Carlos Eyles

Carlos Eyles, the author of eight books on the subject of free diving, is one of the foremost authorities in this field.

Born on Oahu, and now residing in Kona on the island of Hawaii, he first learned to dive in Hawaiian waters as a boy. Moving to California as a young man he became a world class spearfisherman, hunting big game fish off the coasts of United States, Mexico, Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand.

In 1987 he gave up the speargun for a camera, and his images and stories have been published in journals such as Ocean Realm, Discover Diving, Sport Diver, Skin Diver and many more. His photography has also appeared in National Geographic Publications as well as other books and publications throughout the world.

Lately he has been on camera with film crews from the U.S. and foreign countries working with dolphins and sharks. Over the last eleven years he has guided trips to the Bahamas introducing free divers to the world of dolphins.

For more about Carlos, visit carloseyles.com

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