Dahab, Egypt · Red Sea
Learn to freedive in
the clearest water on earth.
A small, personal freediving center in Dahab, where warm, calm water does half the teaching for you. Beginner to advanced, at your pace.
Most people think freediving is about holding your breath. It's not.
It's about teaching your nervous system that stillness is safe.
What we see with our students is that the fastest progress rarely comes from the fittest divers. It comes from the ones who stop fighting the urge to breathe and let it pass.
Our courses
Where do you want to start?
Every diver begins somewhere. Choose the entry point that fits you, from a first try in the pool to full AIDA and SSI certification.
Introduction to Freediving
Try it before you commit. A calm session in our own 25m pool, with an optional first open water dive. No experience needed.
Beginner Freediving Course
Your first full certification. Breath control, safety and equalisation from the ground up, at a pace that suits you.
Advanced Freediving Course
Go deeper. Refine your technique, extend your breath hold and add depth with a coach who knows the water.
Not sure which certification fits you? Compare AIDA and SSI before you book.
Why Dahab makes it easier.
Learning to freedive is mostly about relaxing, and the water you're in decides how easy that is.
In Dahab it's around 26°C, with over 30 metres of visibility, no current and no waves.
And because we're based inside The Gate Hotel with our own pool, you can sleep, eat and train in one place. For sea sessions we drive out together with the gear.
In their words
You trust someone with your breath.
That trust is everything to us. Here is what divers say after training at The Gate Freediving.
I came in nervous about breath holding. By day two I was relaxed at 15 metres. The instructors never pushed, they just made it feel safe.
We opened in 2025 and are gathering our first reviews now. Dived with us? A few honest words on Google mean the world to a young center.
Read & write reviews on GoogleThe Training Week.
Seven days, built around the water. Five diving days at the Lighthouse, a calm reef that drops to 50m, plus two dry days for breathing, equalisation, theory and stretching. Sleep at The Gate Hotel, wake up, head to the water, repeat.
Two intensities and three ways to stay, so it fits your level and your budget. When you want more, the Blue Hole nearby goes to 90m. This is how divers make a real jump in a single week.
Beyond the course
Experiences in and around Dahab
Freediving is one part of being here. The Sinai has more to offer.
Night Freedive
The Red Sea after dark is a different world. Lionfish hunting, Spanish dancers, creatures you never see by day. Torch included.
Ras Mohammed Day Trip
Egypt's most spectacular marine park, about an hour from Dahab. Barracuda, turtles, rays, walls of reef. Transport and lunch included.
Ras Mohammed Overnight
Same diving, but you sleep in a tent on the beach and wake to an early dive. Dinner, breakfast, lunch and transport included.
Bedouin Dinner
Dinner in the Sinai desert with the Bedouin. A campfire, good food, plenty of tea, and no one else around.
Emilio & Liam.
Two friends, one place.
We're two Dutch friends who came to Dahab for scuba diving and never really left. Six years later, we've built The Gate Freediving together with Bassem.
We teach because we believe anyone can learn to be calm underwater. And because this reef deserves to still be here for the next generation. Our team speaks Dutch, English, Spanish and Arabic, so whoever you are, you'll feel at home.
Start with one breath.
No experience needed. Our introduction is a relaxed session in the pool, the easiest way to find out if freediving is for you.