The Australian Underwater Federation (AUF) is proud to announce Ben Eckert as the 2025 AUF Sportsperson of the Year, recognising his outstanding achievements, leadership, and exemplary conduct within the sport of freediving. At the Australian Pool National Championships in Cairns, Ben claimed the National Pool Champion (All-Around) title and set three new national records across [...]
For the first time we are holding Nationals in Cairns, in conjunction with the Cairns Coast Freedivers Club. This year will be under CMAS rules and include the well-known and loved disciplines of STA/DNF/DYN/DYNB, as well as speed 2x50, 4x50, 8x50 for those fast swimmers out there! Also for the first time, we will [...]
SAVE THE DATES! The CMAS Pool Nationals are February 17-20 2023 on the Gold Coast! Please visit the event page here for more information and to sign up.
Dear members and freediving community, The AFA are looking forward to holding the AIDA Pool Nationals in September. We are planning to organise an AIDA judge course to be held around the competition and are wanting to understand how many people might be interested in doing a judge course. There will be a fee [...]
Dear members and freediving community, We have recently received the registration details regarding the AIDA pool world championships (18-25 June 2022) and will be releasing the application process for the Australian team this week. Individuals must be AFA members holding an Australian passport in order to apply, and the detailed selection criteria may be [...]
We are pleased to announce that the Australian Freediving Association and the Brisbane Bullsharks Freediving Club will host the AFA Pool National Championships in Brisbane from Saturday, 2 May to Monday, 4 May, 2020 at the Sleeman Sports Complex. This competition is conducted under the AIDA International rules and open to all AFA members regardless [...]
Amber Bourke is one of Australia’s leading competitive freedivers, excelling across both depth and pool disciplines. We caught up with her after a stellar performance at the 2019 Australian Pool National Championships (hosted by the AFA-affiliated Goldy Freediving Club), in which she took out gold in all three events, won the overall women’s [...]
The Australian Freediving Association and Goldy Freediving Club will host the 2019 Pool National Championships at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre from the 29 to 31 March. The pool is located in the suburb of Southport, north of Surfers Paradise. It is approximately 45 minutes drive from Gold Coast Airport or 60 minutes drive from [...]
Registration has opened for the 2018 Australian Pool Nationals. The Australian Freediving Association and the Sydney Freedivers will host the Pool National Championships in Sydney from Fri, 11 May to Sun, 13 May, 2018 at the Knox Grammar School Aquatic Centre. This competition is conducted under AIDA International rules and open to all AFA members regardless [...]
On the 1st December, South Australian Freedivers (SAF) ran a club minicomp to provide new divers with an opportunity to attend a local event to gain competition experience, and for newly qualified AIDA International judges Craig de Vos and Alan Maddick to gain judge points. The event was organised by Craig de Vos, and, [...]