What could be better than leaving work behind and setting off abroad on a holiday with the best instructors in the world for a freediving holiday? You can spend a week or two in stunning locations, diving unique sites and soaking up cultures whose history has been built on freediving.

On every holiday you can dive recreationally and for depth. There are static and dynamic sessions, breathing tuition and yoga. In addition there are usually chances to scuba dive and plenty to entertain families and non divers.

On every holiday you are guaranteed close attention from Emma and her team enabling you to progress at your own speed and enjoy being underwater!

Here is a little taste of some of the holidays coming up in 2007

Freedive Egypt with Emma Farrell
in association with Emperor Divers and Bath Dive Centre

9th - 16th November 2007

Freedive the stunning reefs of the Red Sea with a week shore based holiday. The first ever trip of its kind and we're very excited about it!

This exclusive trip includes:-

	Return flights from Gatwick to Hurghada
	Transfers
	Accommodation on a B&B Basis
	5 Days freediving from a dedicated dive boat
	Freediving tuition
	Certification up to AIDA 3* Level (4* and higher at additional cost)
	Yoga and Pool training
	Classroom sessions as required
	2 AIDA Instructors
	Scuba diving available for trained divers
	PADI dive guide
	Full safety equipment available

We are delighted to take complete beginners or experienced freedivers on this unique trip to Hurghada. This holiday is completely dedicated to freedivers and their needs. We will be on hand to offer advice and tuition as needed, and can promise that you will freedive in some of the most beautiful waters in the world.

As this is the first holiday of its type there has already been a great deal of interest and places are limited to 10 persons. Book early!

Cost - £875.00

For additional information or to book your place, please contact :-
Emma Farrell
Bath Dive Centre – 01225 482081

more info...

Kalymnos, Greece - August
Emma's two week summer school on the sponge diver's island of Kalymnos coincides with their international dive festival. This is a truly unique once in a lifetime holiday:-
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - March
Come dive the beautiful reefs of Fujairah, experience the excitement of Dubai, come to the Middle East Dive Show and Exhibition and take courses which are running all the way up to instructor level:-
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More info on Freedive Egypt
with Emma Farrell

Your Hotel
One of Hurghada's top resort hotels, the 4* Hilton is a popular choice with its relaxed, cosmopolitan atmosphere. The hotel has a lovely private beach and stunning gardens, as well as various sports activities available. The Hilton Hurghada resort boasts luxurious rooms overlooking the gardens, the swimming pools and some with a partial sea view. This resort is perfect for those seeking underwater exploration and features a private marina with Emperor Divers on site!

Some of the dive sites around Hurghada

Shab El Erg
The most northerly site for day boats out of Hurghada. A huge horseshoe shaped reef offering many dive sites on all sides. The north point can be home to Mantas in season. The lagoon is dotted with ergs and is renowned for sightings of the resident dolphin community, divers have previously spent up to 30 minutes with dolphins here.

El Aruk Gigi
A cluster of a seven ergs laying in 10m - 15m of water. The whole area is home to sweetlips under the ledges, blue spotted sting rays in the sandy patches and glassfish and anthia fish swarm on the erg wall. One erg to note is the split erg, which has a grotto through it filled with glassfish, attendant red mouth grouper and numerous lionfish.

Shaab Ruhr Umm Gamar
This reef is the tip of an undersea mountain. The reef wall drops to around 15m on the west side, and is peppered with many caves and overhangs, home for sweepers and glass fish, here the sandy plateau slopes away gently to 30m with the drop off beyond. On the east side the slope is much steeper and drops quickly to the depths. This whole area offers superb wall diving with possibilities of encountering grey reef sharks and good-sized groupers as well as morays, big tuna, and blue spotted rays. On the south east slope lies the wreck of an Egyptian patrol boat which is well worth a visit.

Kalymnos, Greece - August 19th - 1st September 2007
Learn to freedive on the incredible island of Kalymnos!

For beginner, intermediate and advanced freedivers, the Freediving Summer School in Kalymnos, Greece is an unbelievable introduction to the sport and continued development for those with some freediving or spearfishing experience. Led by world class Instructor Trainer, Emma Farrell, and her team of AIDA instructors, the courses cover pool work, classroom theory, open water diving, and recreational freediving at wrecks and volcano craters. Not only is there incredible diving and tuition on offer, but Emma will also take you on trips to explore the stunning geography and history of the 'sponge diver's island', and there will be the chance for you to not only dive for treasure, but try the ancient freediving method of 'Skandalopetra'!

You can come for one week or two and you are guaranteed to have the holiday of a lifetime, whether you are diving for treasure at the underwater treasure hunt, visiting famous caves and white sand bays, seeing award winning films about sponge diving, or living it up at free ouzo parties!

To find out more and to book, please click here!

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 1st - 31st March 2007
Emma is travelling to Dubai for a month to teach AIDA courses up to Instructor Level. She will be making a presentation about freediving at the Middle East Dive Show, running pool demonstrations and signing copies of her book 'One Breath'. As well as this, Emma will be teaching introduction courses to both adults and children and teaching Gas Guzzler courses to Scuba divers throughout March.

We will be training in beautiful pools in Dubai, and travelling down the coast to the stunning reef of Fujairah for our depth training and recreational dives. To find out more and to book a place, please contact Sara Haith at sara@divasindubai.com or call +971-50-436-8696. and see the Diary for more info.

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