Welcome to Apnea Total Malta – Your Gateway to Freediving!

Freediving is the art of diving underwater on a single breath, without scuba gear. Thanks to the incredible Mammalian Dive Reflex (MDR), your body instinctively adapts when your face touches the water, allowing you to explore the underwater world safely and naturally. The MDR provokes a series of physiological responses that enables our body to adapt naturally to an aquatic environment.

Freediving isn’t new – it’s been practiced for over 7,000 years (Ertebølle culture)! Today, it’s enjoyed worldwide as a blend of mindfulness, athleticism, and exploration. Freediving can be a thrilling recreational activity, a competitive sport with exciting disciplines like Static Apnea (breathholding at the surface), Free Immersion (pulling the line), and Constant Weight (kicking down the line), or used for Spearfishing.

Free diving is often compared to snorkeling and scuba diving, though these 3 activities are very different. Snorkelers float at the surface with their face in the water while scuba divers use a breathing apparatus to stay underwater. No equipment is required, per se, to freedive. However, free divers can use a low volume mask, a snorkel, long fins or a monofin, a noseclip, a wetsuit, weights and a weight belt. To freedive along the line, a freediver also needs a freediving buoy. New freedivers don't have to buy gear. Freediving courses usually include the equipment. Otherwise, you can rent it at the dive center.

Freediving is more than a sport—it’s a path to inner calm, disciplined practice, and unforgettable underwater adventures. Whether you're chasing breath-hold milestones or dreaming of meditative dives, we’ve got the course for you.

Since freediving is the most natural way to dive, you  might be wondering why you should take a freediving course. The answer is simple: only a qualified freediving instructor can teach you to free dive efficiently (breathing techniques, equalizations methods, stretching and relaxation exercises, etc.) and safely (buddy system, rescue skills, risk awareness, safety procedures, etc) 

You will then need to determine which freediving course is the most appropriate for you. As a beginner freediver, you will usually have a choice between a one-day introductory course and a certification course, the length of which depends on the freediving educational system. Each freediving agency has its own education system of freediving program. Although it sounds complicated, rest assured that most of the freediving agencies cover the similar skills in their respective courses, which is why you can easily crossover from one freediving federation to another.

We offer the following 3 courses to new freedivers eager to start their underwater adventure, one non-certificate course and two certification courses from the freediving education systems we chose to represent.