Emma Farrell's Blog

As a freediving school, Go Freediving knows what the benefits of freediving are and knows what impact these benefits have on those who choose to embrace freediving as a sport, past-time or, way of life.

If you’ve seen freediving and wondered what the attraction to the sport is, this article may just help!

Freediving, despite being classified as an extreme sport is actually a very relaxing, calm sport that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities. The sport...

When you sign up for a freediving course with Go Freediving, one question you might ask is ‘What freediving skills will I learn?’

The freediving skills and techniques we teach on our courses have been specifically selected to ensure a thorough, safe and enjoyable course can be experienced by everyone, regardless of previous experience, ability, age, confidence and any other miriad of variables our students may present to us.

At Go Freediving, we follow the RAID freediving course programme, which...

At Go Freediving we pride ourselves on our student to instructor ratios. On average we have one instructor to three students – which we think  is pretty amazing. However, we also understand that for some students, private freediving tuition is a preferred way to learn – whether as an individual, or not.

Opting for private freediving tuition means as a student you can choose an exact date, and sometimes an exact location for your private freediving tuition. ...

Days 13 and 14 ��� It’s been a two week roller-coaster of hard work and emotion, but ends on a massive high for Pash!

Honu was returned to her tank early in the day before we opened the centre. When I arrived, she seemed a bit subdued but ok. Since she had arrived she had been a bit floaty, but this morning she looked to be a little lower in the water. Her nose was looking good, and all the stitches were holding fine on her stump and her shortened rear flipper. She even attempted to eat a little...

Day 12 – A big day for Honu – Several hours of surgery, and an unexpected, amazing encounter with Manta Rays!

Surgery day was upon us, and while vets Minnie, Claire and Paul readied the clinic and prepared the drugs which were required, Zein and I opened up the rescue centre and did our usual tidying up job.

The time came for Honu to be removed from the tank and taken to clinic. The plan was to remove the lytic bone which had broken off when her flipper was amputated by ghost gear, and to try to...

Day 11 More x-rays and a decision for Honu. Plus, another special arrival at the sanctuary – thanks to the visiting vet program.

The day started with the usual, and once all cleaning and feeding was done it was time to perform some x-rays on Seaheart has an amputated fore flipper, and ligature wounds on all three remaining flippers, some so severe that the bone is visible. This might sound shocking, however sea turtles can cope with horrendous injuries, and in the previous days we were already s...

Day 11 More x-rays and a decision for Honu. Plus, another special arrival at the sanctuary – thanks to the visiting vet program.

The day started with the usual, and once all cleaning and feeding was done it was time to perform some x-rays on Seaheart has an amputated fore flipper, and ligature wounds on all three remaining flippers, some so severe that the bone is visible. This might sound shocking, however sea turtles can cope with horrendous injuries, and in the previous days we were already s...

Day 10 and it’s all about buoyancy issues, trapped air and a worrying X-ray result for Honu

After our usual morning routine��it was time to see whether it was possible to remove some of the trapped air for Disco and fellow juvenile Olive Ridley Amber. Both these young turtles (estimated to be somewhere between 7 and 12 years old) have buoyancy problems. This results in them being unable to dive due to air between their body and their shell.

There are a number of reasons why turtles become buoya...

Day 10 and it’s all about buoyancy issues, trapped air and a worrying X-ray result for Honu

After our usual morning routine it was time to see whether it was possible to remove some of the trapped air for Disco and fellow juvenile Olive Ridley Amber. Both these young turtles (estimated to be somewhere between 7 and 12 years old) have buoyancy problems. This results in them being unable to dive due to air between their body and their shell.

There are a number of reasons why turtles become buoyan...

Day 9 and Pash is getting into a routine now! We might even struggle to get her to come home, despite all those blisters from raking sand and cleaning tanks!

After over a week at the centre, I had begun to get into a routine. The day starts with cleaning and drying of the sides and tops of the tanks, and putting out the patient signs for guests to read.

Each patient has their own sign complete with their name, sex if known, weight, location of where they were found, date of arrival and other in...