AN EVENING ON BREATH & SURVIVAL: HAWAII ECO DIVERS X TRAVELER SURF CLUB

Friday, September 25th · 5:00–7:00 PM · Traveler Surf Club & Coastal Outpost, Pacifica

Join us in the Traveler backyard for an evening with big wave surfer and apnea instructor Ricardo Taveira. Every surfer gets held down. Almost none of us have been taught what the body is actually doing while it happens, and that is what Ricardo is here to teach.

What to expect:

Roll in around 5 PM. The shop is open if you want to browse boards, wetsuits, and gear first, then head out back and find a seat. We are keeping the backyard close and conversational for this one.

Ricardo teaches for ninety minutes on dry land. The physiology of breathing and apnea, why the urge to breathe becomes overpowering when it does, what actually causes a blackout, how to recognize the signs in yourself and in the person next to you, and breathing exercises you can take home and practice on your own floor.

No pool, no ocean, no breath-hold work. This is the classroom half of a course he normally runs over two full days, and it is the half most surfers never get.

Then we keep the last half hour open for questions. Ricardo has taught this course to lifeguards, firefighters, military and police, and professional surfers in Hawaii, California, Brazil, Chile, Panama, and Tahiti. Ask him anything.

Limited to 30 guests. 

WANT THE FULL COURSE?

Ricardo teaches his complete two day Apnea & Surf Survival course right here in Pacifica the next morning, September 26th and 27th: classroom, breathing work, and pool training across both days. He will speak to it Friday night and answer questions about it directly. [ link ]

ABOUT RICARDO TAVEIRA

Ricardo Taveira is a big wave surfer, PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, apnea instructor, and Emergency First Response CPR instructor with the American Red Cross. Born on the coast of Brazil, he moved to Hawaii, became a scuba instructor, and founded Hawaii Eco Divers on the North Shore of Oahu in 2011. He has surfed for more than three decades and now teaches Apnea & Surf Survival around the world with a single focus: ocean safety. Follow along at @hawaiiecodivers and @apneasurf.