Freediving & Rescue Coach
Vu Dinh Khoa
Specialises in deep dive safety and buddy rescue. Manages all safety protocols across every freediving session.
Vietnamese / English
Professional profile
Experience in context
Specialises in deep dive safety and buddy rescue. Manages all safety protocols across every freediving session.
Safety and a regulated nervous system come before depth performance.
Professional experience
Coaching roles and environments
Freediving & Rescue Coach
Aqua Spirit Club · Hanoi, Vietnam
Specialises in deep dive safety and buddy rescue. Manages all safety protocols across every freediving session.
Freediving and safety facilitator
Freediving communities in Vietnam and Southeast Asia · Vietnam
Foundational experience before taking the current role at Aqua Spirit Club.
Coaching capability
What this coach can help you improve
Equalisation
Develop equalisation skills for the learner’s depth and current capacity.
Relaxation and breathing
Build preparation habits that reduce tension before a dive.
Buddy safety
Practise supervision, rescue and communication in relevant scenarios.
Working method
How training is assessed and developed
Safety and a regulated nervous system come before depth performance.
- 01
Screen
Review health status, experience and current safety skills.
- 02
Build
Break breathing, equalisation and movement into controlled practice.
- 03
Integrate
Apply skills in a buddy system with clear limits and stop signals.
Is this the right fit?
A strong fit for
- Beginners who need a clear safety foundation
- Freedivers improving equalisation
- Learners managing anxiety at depth
Consider another pathway when
- People intending to train breath-holds or depth alone
Professional credentials
Credentials, issuing bodies and professional scope
- 01
AIDA 3 Freediver
- Issued by
- AIDA International
- Issued
- 2021
- Scope
- Professional scope used in aquatic coaching and water-safety practice.
- 02
Rescue Diver
- Issued
- 2022
- Scope
- Professional scope used in aquatic coaching and water-safety practice.
- 03
Emergency O₂
- Issued
- 2023
- Scope
- Professional scope used in aquatic coaching and water-safety practice.
Achievements
Selected professional milestones
- Built buddy and rescue procedures for freediving sessions
- Guided pathways from pool skills to depth practice
Current responsibility
Programmes this coach supports
Programme details come from the current curriculum in the CMS and may include several pathways.
01
Freediving Mastery
Freediving Mastery
The ultimate discipline of breath-hold and pressure. Our curriculum follows global safety standards, focusing on equalizing techniques and the meditative 'mammalian dive reflex'.
- Introduction
- Level
- AIDA 1
- Duration
- 2 days / 4 sessions
- Format
- Max 4 students
- Intermediate
- Level
- AIDA 2
- Duration
- 3 days / 6 sessions
- Format
- Max 4 students
- Advanced
- Level
- AIDA 3
- Duration
- 4 days / 8 sessions
- Format
- Max 3 students
In practice
Training, not a studio profile
Ask for a level assessment with this coach
Send your current level, goal and preferred time. Aqua Spirit will confirm the appropriate programme, coach availability and venue before a place is reserved.