About

Mani Freediver offers SSI Freediving Instructor and CMAS Scuba Instructor certification courses on Qeshm Island, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf — warm water, gentle currents, and a coastline learned tide by tide over years of teaching here.

My own path started the same way most divers' do: curiosity about what's under the surface, followed by the slower realization that the real skill isn't holding your breath longer — it's learning to stay calm while you do. That shift is what I try to pass on to every student, whether they're taking their first breath-hold in a pool or working toward advanced open-water depth.

I hold an SSI Freediving Instructor rating and a CMAS Scuba Instructor rating, and I keep class sizes small — usually one-on-one or small groups — so training stays personal and paced to the individual, not the calendar.