Tech Retreat with Brandon Reed
Deep Spot, Poland (6 Spots Total)
What Are Tech Retreats?
Tech retreats are small and intimate training camps run by Freediving Family with our typical fun, high energy and emphasis on safe progression through mental work and refined technique.
We designed these camps as a way for you to get more one on one time with high level instructors that have years of experience educating freedivers of all levels. We get into the water each day and coach you on your diving technique in the water, run workshops on improving your diving technique in the afternoons, and have fun in the evenings!
Who Is This Camp For?
While we love all of you beautiful freedivers at all of your various stages of training and growing, we cannot effectively run a camp with too much variability between depths and experience levels! As such, this event is specifically focused on divers that are diving between 20m and 45m who are looking to work on refining their technique, improve their equalization through relaxation, and for those looking to learn how to build a training plan for themselves. You will learn various tools for solving your diving sticking points, learn through doing by working with Brandon (your coach for this retreat) and attend workshops that will help you progress with your training in a safe way without a coach.
Meet Your Host
Join the Freediving Families W3I Instructor Trainer and One-on-One coach Brandon Reed as he uses his degree in Exercise Science and years of expertise in high level freediving education working with divers of all levels to help you develop your abilities as a freediver.
Over the course of this Tech Retreat, you will dive with Brandon in DeepSpot, getting individualized coaching based on your needs and goals (set at the beginning of the retreat,) develop a training plan with his guidance that you can follow at home to meet your freediving goals, and learn how to self correct your diving technique through video analysis and identify what you need to improve in your own diving to hit your next freediving breakthrough.
Want to see if this Tech Retreat is right for you? Click the link below to jump on a call with Brandon and discuss your plans and see if its the right fit!
Training In Europes Deepest Pool
We are going back to Mszczonów, Poland where Deep Spot, Europes Deepest Pool (and previously Deepest Pool in the World until Deep Dive Dubai came along) boasts a 45m deep tube of crystal clear water set at 32-34c! This facility has everything that we need, including workshop space, a restaurant for delicious food for after sessions, and even accommodation if you want to stay where all the action is!
Our days will consist of a briefing, a dive session in the morning, breakfast and workshops, lunch and more workshops, and then an afternoon dive session before we head out into town for dinner.
While we will primarily use the pool for daily training, we will have a bit of time to play around in the pool, diving down to the sunken boat, take some photos, and generally having a great time! After all, working hard requires that we also must play hard, which is why we will also take our rest day (Saturday) at Termy Mszczonów, the water park right next to DeepSpot where they have all kinds of pools, thermal baths, slides and saunas!
Our Tech Retreats are available to anyone with an existing freediving certificate and is the perfect opportunity to extend your training beyond your initial freediving courses.
Your retreat package covers entry fees for the pool, your time with Brandon and your entry into Termy Mszczonów leaving you to cover your food, accommodation, transportation, and your fun! Deep Spot has group bunk rooms that you can book for yourself or together with other participants but they also have some excellent underwater pool view rooms if you are feeling fancy and want the full experience! You can book rooms with them directly once you have signed up for the retreat and chat with the other participants!
Level up your technical freediving mastery.
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The Activities
Diving in a fresh water DEEP pool is something truly unique. You can think of diving in DeepSpot like diving in a lab, where all other factors are removed. Theres no current, no surface movement, and the water is warm. It’s the PERFECT place to practice and refine your technique.
Each day, you'll enjoy two 90-minute diving sessions with Brandon, receiving personalized coaching, video analysis, and feedback to help improve your diving. On the first day, the group will be split into two for smaller coaching sessions so Brandon can assess everyone's starting point. After that, one group will train with Brandon while the other completes a self-guided session, swapping over for the second dive.
When you're not in the water, we'll host workshops focused on technique, equalization, and video analysis. With only six participants, the schedule remains flexible, allowing us to tailor sessions to the goals and interests of the group. We'll discuss everyone's objectives during a pre-trip Zoom call so you know exactly what to expect before arriving in Poland.
Evenings are all about relaxing together over dinner, sharing stories, experiences, and, naturally, plenty of freediving conversations.
On our rest day, we'll visit Termy Mszczonów for a day of recovery, enjoying thermal pools, hot tubs, water slides, and saunas—one of Brandon's favorite ways to unwind between dive days.
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The Schedule
Thursday
10:00am Arrival at DeepSpot
10:30-2:00pm Welcome and Theory
2:30-4:00pm - Pool Group 1 Coaching
4:30-6:00pm - Pool Group 2 Coaching
6:30pm - Dinner in TownFriday
8:30-10:00am - Pool: G1 Coaching, G2 Self Guided
10:30-2:00pm - Workshops and Lunch
2:00-4:00pm - Break
4:30-6:00pm - Pool: G2 Coaching, G1 Self Guided
6:30pm - Dinner in TownSaturday
8:30-10:00am - Optional uncoached line diving session/fun diving (entry not included)
12:00-4:00pm - Termy Mszczonow
6:00pm - Dinner in TownSunday
8:30-10:00am - Pool: G1 Coaching, G2 Self Guided
10:30-2:00pm - Workshops and Lunch
2:00-4:00pm - Break
4:30-6:00pm - Pool: G2 Coaching, G1 Self Guided
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What's Included
Included in the price of booking is the following:
✅ Five entries into Deep Spot
✅ Entry into Termy Mszczonów
✅ 3x full coaching sessions with Brandon and 2x self guided training sessions (Brandon will still be in the water)
What is not included:🆇 Meals and food
🆇 Transport to and from Deep Spot
🆇 Accommodation
🆇 Gear Rental
FAQ’s
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You absolutely can join us for this Tech Retreat! The more the merrier! Also, joining for this type of event means that you can also join us at future Family Reunions (check the tab in the header to see what reunions we have coming up ;)
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During our Tech Retreats, we don’t offer certifications. You must be at least Wave 1 certified to be able to attend these events!
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Due to the unique nature of the events and how each one is individually planned, we are only able to transfer your deposit to a future Tech Retreat or Deep Week and only if you have requested the deposit to be moved no closer than 8 weeks before the event begins.
In the event that you need to cancel your spot within 6 weeks of the event starting, we do charge a fee equal to the event deposit. Any balance remaining can be applied to a future Tech Retreat or Deep Week.We cannot issue refunds.
For more info, check our terms of service.
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Unfortunately it’s not included. You can either bring your own gear from home or you will be able to use the communal gear from Deep Spot. Dive computers are mandatory.
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You shouldn’t bring one! Wetsuits aren’t allowed in the pool but, because the water is so warm, you will not have to use one anyway!
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You can pay an initial deposit to secure your spot and later on pay the remainder balance.
With no deposit, there is no booking confirmed.
As soon as you book in, you will receive an email with a button that says “Pay Remainder Balance”. You can click that button anytime you like.
We ask the full payment to be covered eight weeks before the start of the event.
You can also choose to pay in full.
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We accept credit card payments through Stripe or direct Wise payments. For further questions, please contact Marissa at DeepWeek@freedivingfamily.com
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Nothing during the retreat is compulsory.
If you feel like you need some time to chill and relax by skipping a dive session or want to go out for dinner close by with a group of friends you made, then by all means do so!
With a smaller group, we have more flexibility to go off script but, as always, this is your vacation and you get to decide how you want to engage with it!
Pricing
Event dates: Oct 1 - 4, 2026
$1,290 AUD
Full price
$550 AUD
Deposit
The price includes five sessions in Deep Spot, entry into Termy Mszczonów and coaching fees but does not include any flight travel, accommodation, transport from airports, meals, gear hire or additional/rest day activities. To ensure your booking is confirmed, please provide a $550 AUD non-refundable deposit. The remaining amount can be paid 8 weeks prior to the Tech Retreat. Your transaction is securely captured through Stripe. Terms of Service.