Mani Freediver
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SSI · CMAS Instructor

Qeshm Island, Iran

About

I teach freediving and scuba diving on Qeshm Island, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf — warm water, gentle currents, and a coastline I've spent years learning tide by tide.

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.

Freediving

SSI Instructor

Scuba

CMAS Instructor

Certificates

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SSI Freediving Instructor certification card

SSI Freediving Instructor

SSI React Right Instructor certification card (First Aid, CPR, AED, O2)

SSI React Right Instructor (FA, CPR, AED, O2)

CMAS One Star Instructor certificate

CMAS One Star Instructor

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Teaching, not just certifying

A certification card matters, but it isn't the point. I want you to leave a course actually comfortable in the water — able to relax, breathe, and enjoy what you're seeing, whether that's ten metres down or thirty.