About Vancouver Apneist Club

Freediving, or breath hold diving, is a sport that is becoming increasingly popular all over the world.

The Vancouver Apneist Club is largely made up of a group of freedivers that reside in and around Vancouver. The purpose of the club is to host competitions, encourage people to train safely together, offer support and mentorship within our ranks and, of course, to enjoy the exhilarating sport of freediving!

Through our e-groups we are able to organize pool and ocean training sessions and plan recreational outings to local dive sites. We now have some international members as well that are part of our on-line community.

We always welcome new members to become part of our club.

Cold Turkey Competition

2010/01/30 4:00 pm
2010/01/31 2:30 pm

The Vancouver Apneist Club and CAFA have their first competition of the year with the Cold Turkey Competition, January 30 to 31 at the UBC Aquatic Centre.

Saturday, January 30:

  • 4:00pm: Briefing
  • 5:00pm to 7:00pm: Dynamic Apnea with Fins in the 50m (covered, heated) outdoor pool

Sunday, January 31:

  • 10:00am: Briefing
  • 10:30am to 12:30pm: Static Apnea in the 25m indoor pool
  • 12:30pm to 2:30pm: Dynamic Apnea without Fins in the 25m indoor pool

Pool Training Session at UBC

2010/01/13 7:30 pm

The Vancouver Apneist Club is hosting a series of pool training/practice sessions every second Wednesday evening at the UBC Aquatic Centre. We are renting two lanes of the pool for freedive training and skills development. New and prospective freedivers are welcome to come out but please contact us first.

Our pool time is from 8pm to 9pm but please show up at least a half hour earlier for briefing, stretching and gearing up.

We have rented this pool time so just tell them you're with the freediving group. We're charging a $5 drop-in fee to cover the rental cost.

See you in the pool!

underwater Christmas tree decoration

2009/11/28 11:00 am

We will host our underwater Christmas tree decorating event in Alouette Lake,
at 11:00am on Sat. Nov. 28. 2009.
Allouette Lake is inside Golden Ears Park, just north of Maple Ridge,
We will meet in the middle of the second day use parking lot, near the picnic tables
that are close to the Lake.
Notes: bring your own decorations.
You need to pay for parking, and should stop near the entrance of Golden Ears Park
to get your parking pass ($1.00 or $2.00 or $3.00) .
The day use picnic area is about 7 km from the entrance to the park.

Calendar Contest Ends

2009/11/15 11:59 pm

Our second annual calendar photo contest ends on November 15th. The top 12 ranked photos on this day will become the monthly photos in our club's 2010 calendar. Be sure to look at the contest gallery and rank each photo. You can also have a look at this page to see how the contest is progressing.

All paid up members of the club get a free calendar just in time for Christmas so if you have been thinking about it, now is a good time to join.

Catalina Triopha (nudibranch)

Third Annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest

2009/10/25 10:00 am

The Vancouver Apneist Freediving Club will be holding its third annual underwater pumpkin carving contest on Sunday, October 25th at Buntzen Lake. The gathering time is 10am.

Here are the rules for our contest:

  1. Bring your own pumpkin
  2. In order to keep the lake tidy, you must clean out your pumpkin before entering the water
  3. No markings on the pumpkin before entering the water
  4. All carving must be done underwater while holding your breath (but no minimum or maximum depth restrictions)
  5. Recover all of your carved pieces
Four jack-o-lanterns at the bottom of the lake

Vancouver Apneist Annual General Meeting

2009/09/13 6:30 pm

The Vancouver Apneist Club will hold its Annual General Meeting on September 13th. We'll be gathering at 4155 Napier Street in Burnaby at 6:30 PM. All club members in good standing are welcome to attend.

Fun dive at Porteau Cove

2009/09/13 1:30 pm

The visibility is great at this time of year and the water is still relatively warm so it's time to get out to see the wrecks at Porteau Cove. We'll be gathering at 1:30 pm.

The club's Annual General Meeting will be held later in the day back in Burnaby.

Line diving at Ansell Place

2009/07/05 9:30 am

For a change of scenery, we'll have our next training session at Ansell Place. This is the last opportunity to train for the Constant Ballast competition the next weekend. We'll have the club's counterbalance system out as usual and try to save some energy and warmth for exploring the wall afterwards.

Low tide is at 11:11am so we'll be gathering at 9:30, aiming to get into the water just after 10am.

Constant Ballast Training

2009/06/28 9:00 am

We'll be giving our athletes an opportunity to train for the upcoming Constant Ballast competition of the Vancouver Apneist Triple Depth Series. Non members are welcome to come out as well to practice technique.

We'll be gathering at 9am at the fishing dock at Buntzen Lake.

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