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AIDA courses
A volunteer standards body. Beginners start at AIDA1, then AIDA2.
This wiki is not a course. Water skills belong with a qualified instructor and a trained buddy.
AIDA1 is an introduction. You should be 18, or 16 with consent, and able to swim 100 m without stopping. The course is about one day. Depth is capped at 10 m. You learn the first water skills and how to stay with a buddy.
AIDA2 is the fuller first card. About three days. Theory, pool, and depth. Certification asks for a 40 m bifin swim, a two-minute static hold, a 12 m bifin dive, and buddy skills. Depth sessions stay at or under 20 m.
Find an active AIDA instructor. This page does not teach the water work.
First cards
AIDA1, then AIDA2
AIDA1 cap
10 m
AIDA2 marks
12 m dive, 2:00 static, 40 m bifin swim