We teach everyday New Zealanders to freedive — from your first breath-hold to instructor — in the clear blue water of the Bay of Islands.
From your first breath-hold to instructor — every step into the water, guided by an SSI Instructor Trainer.
Your first breath-hold dive in calm, shallow water. No experience needed — just curiosity.
Level 1, 2 & 3. From your first ten metres to confident, relaxed deep dives.
Turn your passion into a profession. Become an SSI Freediving Instructor with us.
Swim with humpback whales in Niue. Small groups, untouched Pacific water.
From mermaid play to shark ecology — so many ways to go deeper. Have a look, and see what lights a spark.
We freedive the waters Jacques Cousteau called some of the best on Earth — from our home in the Bay of Islands.
A fully protected marine reserve where warm subtropical currents meet volcanic arches, caves and the world’s largest sea cave. Walls of blue maomao, kingfish and species found nowhere else in Aotearoa.
Off Matauri Bay lie the Cavalli Islands — and the Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship now resting as a living artificial reef cloaked in jewel anemones and fish. Sheltered bays, kelp gardens and a piece of history on a single breath.
144 islands, sheltered coves and easy reefs on our doorstep in Paihia — where every course begins. Warm, calm, forgiving water to learn in, with snapper, rays and kelp gardens just off the boat.
Three freshwater dune lakes near Dargaville, with some of the clearest, calmest water in the country. No salt, no current, no swell — the perfect place to train breath-hold, depth and technique, and to freedive freshwater ecology.
Freediving the Poor Knights Islands, the Cavalli Islands, the Bay of Islands and Kai Iwi Lakes — guided, certified and safety-first, from Paihia, Northland.
Swim with humpback whales in the clearest water on Earth. Seven days. A small group. Untouched Pacific.
Every course gives back - to the moana, the local community, and the nonprofit organisations we’ve sponsored and supported for over ten years. Citizen science, cultural surveys, youth voyages, research diving. This is where it goes.
Scientific dive support, including shark research expeditions to the Kermadec Islands.
Visit site →Marine-reserve surveys and field-based conservation science in the water.
Visit site →Trained the Trust’s national freediving instructors for nearly a decade.
Visit site →Ten years training EMR instructors and running ocean education for Northland schools.
Visit site →Ocean programmes alongside the legendary tall-ship youth voyages.
Visit site →Coastal cleanup and ocean-literacy programmes connecting students to their coastline.
Visit site →Hundreds of school ocean & breathwork programmes for rangatahi across Northland.
Visit site →Pathway from student to SSI Freediving Instructor. Built for Northland.
Visit site →An eight-layer ocean-wellness framework grounded in Dr Rangimārie Rose Pere’s Te Wheke model — weaving mātauranga Māori with marine science and ocean practice. It runs through every kura programme we deliver.
Explore the framework →We design with you, not for you. One session or a full term — classroom, pool, and moana. NCEA-aligned, locally led.