Freedive Toronto is a non-profit club dedicated to the development and organization of recreational and competitive Freediving in Southern Ontario.

"Experience true freedom underwater"

Freediving (also known as breath-hold diving or skin diving) is a fantastic sport that is gaining global popularity and momentum.

Recreational freediving runs the spectrum from snorkeling in shallow water to making deep dives to see things beyond the range of recreational scuba diving. The motivations and activities for recreational freediving are much the same as for recreational SCUBA.

Competitive freediving involves testing a freediver's ability in time, distance and depth. At club, regional and national competitions in Canada athletes compete in static apnea, dynamic apnea and constant ballast.

Freediving offers participants the chance to discover their potentials in the aquatic realm. More than SCUBA diving, freediving gives you a true sense of "oneness" with the underwater world, and will unlock the "mammalian diving reflex" within you. This is a natural phenomenon that we all share with marine mammals when diving underwater.

Where and When

Club communications take place through a group mailing list and this web site. Regular Club practices are held Monday evenings at the Etobicoke Olympium from 9:30-10:30. Our club also organizes weekend trips to open water locations, such as Tobermory, on a regular basis during the summer. Some members do dive in open water during the winter months; others spend their time practicing in pools and planning trips south. If you are not a member but think you'd like to join us, or would just like to find out what freediving is all about, feel free to send us an so that we can notify you of upcoming opportunities to try freediving.










News & Events

  • AIDA Canada January 1st, 2009 marks the birth of AIDA Canada as a new expression of the Canadian freediving community. AIDA Canada has been set up with the support of the two most well-established and populous Canadian Freedive clubs (Freedive Toronto and Club d’Apnée Sportive de Montréal) in combination with support from several of the top Canadian freedivers, and passionate west coast freedivers. AIDA Canada is focused on providing education in both French and English and fostering an active and supportive forum for exploration of different freediving philosophies.
  • William does it again!
    William Winram during the 4th Dutch Apnea Open Freedive Toronto member William Winram during the "4th Dutch Apnea Open", (Eindhoven, Netherlands, November 22-23) set the National Dynamic no fins Record at 154 meters and the Dynamic with fins record at 205 meters. William continues to be one of the worlds top competitive freedivers. www.williamwinram.com.
  • Club Practices
    Every Mon. night from 9:30-10:30 at the Etobicoke Olympium