What is Deep Week?

Deep Week Philippines happens in Coron, the home of Barracuda Lake where we will be doing all of our line diving sessions!

Each day we will depart from Skylodge Resort to the harbor, jump onto bangkas (local boats) and take a 10 minute ride over to Coron island where we will get out, walk up and over some stairs and find ourselves staring out and over Barracuda lake with 45m of depth, water that gets warmer the deeper you go, and even includes a local Barracuda that may swing by and say hello!

When we arent diving in the lake, we are out exploring the many many MANY ship wrecks in the area, running workshops at Skylodge, or just hanging out exploring the many restaurants, karaoke spots and party spots!

This is one of our favorite locations and is fantastic for those who like a bit of adventure with their freediving!

Deep Week Bali takes place in the small diving town of Amed. Amed is about a 3 hours taxi drive from Denpasar airport. Amed is Balinese paradise. Coconuts, blue water, and nestled underneath the volcano Mount Agung.

Amed is Deep Weeks home and “where we grew up” so to speak. We have been coming here since the beginning and both Deep Week and Blue Earth Village have grown up with each other!

We dive off the beach in Bali’s best bay for freediving. You will love the ease of access to the buoys and also being able to sit and enjoy delicious vegan food while on the beach!

There are three stunning wrecks in the area that we will visit on day 4 of Deep Week. The USAT Liberty Wreck, The Pacha Wreck and the Japanese Wreck. There are also stunning coral reefs and beautiful blue water with 20–30m visibility.

You can also join a manta trip or enjoy blue water spearfishing which is always tons of fun!

Deep Week Mexico is a truly special event. Rather than diving in lakes or the ocean, we head into the jungles of Valladolid. The Yucatan is well known for its wide reaching cave systems and, over time, the roofs of these caves collapse in on themselves. Thats when cenotes are born.

These ancient fresh water pools were historically used by the ancient Mayans who believed that they were portals to the underworld and would often make animal or human sacrifices into them.

And we get to dive in them.

Some of the cenotes we will head to are well developed with restaurants and spas built around them. Others will require us to drive deep into the jungle and climb through some caves to find.

This event is a once in a lifetime experience where you get to dive with incredible instructors in beautiful locations, many of which are not accessible without guides like ours. We highly highly suggest this one if you love a good adventure.

Deep Week Greece takes place in Kalamata on the beautiful Mediterranean! For being the open sea, you would be shocked by how absolutely still the surface conditions are. Literally, its like glass.

When diving in the morning dive slot, you will be treated with the sun rising above the Taygetus mountain range that surrounds Kalamata. We have access to unlimited depth as well, which is why so many of the worlds best divers come to Kalamata to train.

When we arent diving, we are attending our many workshops, practicing technique in the pool, or heading out in to town to eat delicious seafood or enjoying the beautiful beach.

Mt Gambier is home to some of the most spectacular dive sites in the world! There are literally dozens of sinkholes that you’ll be able to explore during the week!

The training however takes place in two specific sites:

Kilsby Sinkhole. One of the most incredible dive spots in Australia if not the world! It’s a 27m deep fresh water sinkhole with endless visibility.

Ela Elap. A 42m deep sinkhole that provides the best deep diving conditions in Australia. Besides the perfect conditions and access to depth there is also a huge willow tree at the bottom and crystal clear visibility.

During the trip we will be staying at the Old Mount Gambier Gaol. It is literally an old gaol that has now been converted to accommodation.

Deep Week Thailand is run in Phuket, where the waters are blue, the beaches are sandy and the food is spicy! Besides being a spectacular place to visit Phuket also has world class freediving conditions.

A short boat ride from Phuket gets us to a number of small islands where we can dive in deep and protected waters. We will have access to 60m depth each day and if you need more…we can find it!

We will be diving from large power boats that are each capable of taking 30 divers. So what I’m getting at here is that you will be comfortable and you won’t get sea sick!