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Freedive Aotearoa
NZ’s dedicated freediving school & ocean wellness studio.
🔥 Sauna + cold plunge.
🌊 Expeditions to Poor Knights, Niue & Pacific. Where the Crowds aren’t.
Paihia, Bay of Islands 🇳🇿 This is not something we do, this is who we are, we are explorers, and adventurers, a little family sharing their genuine love and passion to help you get into the ocean, safely, comfortably and enjoyably. Our owner operator has been a diving professional for over 20 years, she was raised in this world, and became a commercial diver at 18 years old, specialising in constr
This week we co label with Native Sports Performance
to welcome a group of young wāhine from te hiku for their basic freedive course — led by our own Myra Connell
They learned the skills: breath, technique, safety, buddy work. But what stayed with us was everything underneath the skills.
Self-talk. Power and strength. The realisation that the mind leads and the body follows — and that you get to choose what your mind says.
Freediving has a way of surfacing these lessons faster than almost anything else. One breath, and you meet yourself.
This is just the beginning of our relationship with Native Sports Performance, and we couldn’t be prouder of these wāhine toa — or of our instructor Myra Connell, who whakapapa to these lands and waters and holds this space like no one else.
Ka mau te wehi. 🌊
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05/08/2026
Just your average Tuesday x
28/07/2026
When was the last time you let Nature set the pace?
Best winter we can remember — calm, blue skies, and the viz just goes on and on. So fishy right now. A warm coat and a hot drink between dives and you’re sorted.
Van Alchemy - Milca & Laoise
Paihia Dive
Tom Attenbrah
📷 Craig Johnston
28/07/2026
Best winter we can remember — calm, blue skies, and the viz just goes on and on. So fishy right now. A warm coat and a hot drink between dives and you’re sorted.
Only a couple of spots left before expedition — then back in September with our spring edition. 🤿
Grab one while they last.
19/07/2026
I spent years guiding dives and international expeditions on superyachts — 45 countries, the world’s best water, planning perfect ocean days for people who could go anywhere. 🌏
Here’s what I learned: the ones who can go anywhere never remember the polish. They remember the whale that rose out of the blue to look at them. The meal shared salt-crusted after a big day. The sunset nobody photographed.
So I brought all of it home — and now I offer it to the intrepid. 🐋
Niue Ocean Escape · 28 Aug – 4 Sep
A full week of complete immersion: whale swims and freediving in 80m+ visibility, sea tracks and coastal walks, breathwork and yoga on the lawn each morning, divine food and whole belly laughs around the table each night. Living on-site at our private cliff-top lodge with some of the best freediving instructors in the game — the depth chats, the equalisation coaching, the debriefs on the deck as the sun drops into the Pacific.
If you’ve ever wanted to properly elevate your freediving, this is the one. Drop yourself in completely.
A week of all the best things. ✨
🛏 One ocean-view double left (perfect for a couple) + 2 bunk spots
💸 $500 deposit secures it — link in bio
📖 Full story on the blog: why we return to Niue every single year
14/07/2026
Kaitāia — we're coming back to !
We'll be at Te Hiku Sports Hub Hub pool the next two Thursdays, July 23 & 30:
Youth: 3:30pm – 5pm - Free - Wahine only 12- 18 years
Adults: 5:30pm – 8pm - Koha - open to all
Secure your spot 👉 https://forms.gle/V7nkHgwR9B1zTAiS9
Want your formal SSI Freediving certification?
If you've been thinking about getting your Level 1 (or picking up wherever you're at), this is your chance. SSI certification is internationally recognised and the first step on the instructor pathway.
Your cost: just $85 — this covers your online learning and certification, valued at $350.
Freedive Aotearoa is sponsoring the remaining $285 per person because we want to see more of Te Hiku in the water, safely and confidently.
You'll need to attend both Thursdays to complete it.
Learn more & Secure your spot 👉 https://www.freedive.co.nz/products/moana-wahine-wahine-led-instructor-pathway-copy?variant=53481011347821
Ka kite i te wai! 💙
10/07/2026
We are loving being under the stars
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30 Selwyn Road
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| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 5pm |
| Sunday | 9am - 5pm |