Freedive Coaching & Adventures

Harry Chamas - Respected Mentor in the Freedive World

Harry Chamas is a leading figure in the world of freediving — a coach, educator, and athlete whose work has helped shape how the sport is practiced and taught. With over a decade of experience, he has pioneered a coaching approach focused on long-term development, self-awareness, and performance under pressure.

Specializing in advanced coaching, Harry works closely with experienced divers to break through plateaus, refine technique, and build lasting confidence. His expertise in breath-hold physiology and freediving psychology has earned him recognition as a trusted authority in the global freediving community.

Harry has been featured on major freediving podcasts including The Freedive Café and Freedive Family, and his YouTube channel hosts over 100 in-depth tutorials on technique, mindset, and training. His writing has been published on platforms like Scuba.com, and his educational work continues to influence coaches and athletes worldwide.

Based in La Ventana, Baja California Sur, Harry runs Freedive Passion — a center for high-standards of coaching, competition prep, and ocean exploration. His grounded, no-nonsense approach continues to raise the bar for what it means to train and dive with purpose.

PODCASTS

A first encounter with the ocean. Harry’s time in the marines. Off to Australia and becoming a scuba instructor. First explorations in freediving. Unassisted kayak expedition from Byron Bay to Sydney More kayaking and adventuring in the Pacific Heading to Dahab and meeting Brian Crossland. Canada, Thailand, Australia & The Philippines! To Freedivig Club Greece and Stavros Kastrinakis Harry’s attitude towards competitions. What did Harry learn from being a safety diver? The evolution of Harry’s coaching philosophy. Harry’s Youtube Channel Freedive Passion Why coaching over courses? The secret to a slow and safe progress in depth. Some misconceptions we have in freediving. What would Harry tell his beginner freediver self? What services does Harry offer and what does Dahab have to offer? The future for Harry and an alternative to Dahab in a mysterious location. Harry recommends the books of Alexander Dumas and Ken Follett, Papillon by Henri Charriere and Elephants on Acid by Alex Boese

I sit down with renown freediving coach Harry Chamas and the deepest man in Asia, Huang Hua Yang to speak about equalisation. What problems we see time and time again, how to solve those problems and Huang Hua Yang tells Harry and myself about the problems he's encountering at 117m and beyond, while we try and give him solutuions.

a nice long chat with british champ Gary

What an awesome start, thank you so much to @freedivepassion for joining me and sharing an amazing discussion and some really great knowledge. Sorry for the drop in connection at the end there, Thats the downside of having people of opposite sides of the planet folks. . Harry Chamas is a coach based in La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico. Where he is offering coaching, training and competitions from April until the end of November.

Harry is back in Dahab now. A trip to Sri Lanka in search of a new freediving Mecca. At what point do we really need to get serious about training? About weightlifting as training for freediving and the benefits of strength programmes such as Starting Strength. An overview of Kaatsu training and a LINK to Harry’s blog article. What to do after reaching a good base-level of strength. Thoughts on the potential of cardio to limit development in freediving. The benefits of HIIT training at the right time. Clarifying some misunderstood terms regarding RV and ‘failure depth’ etc. Dry RV training benefits. FRC and RV diving and Harry’s thoughts on them. A shout-out to Aharon Solomons. What is half-lung diving? Equalisation tools and their uses. What is wet equalisation and has Harry tried it? A question from Lily Crespy about ways to improve mouthfill equalisation. Thoughts on nutrition and fasting. Supplementation, anemia etc Squeezes and barotraumas and thoughts on that. What services is Harry offering in Dahab? Personalised coaching, instructor development.

In this first episode, we’ll sit down with Harry Chammas, a well-known freediver, UK national record holder, and much-respect coach based out of Dahab, Egypt. Harry runs his school Freedive Passion from there, where he specializes in teaching students the skills you need for real deep freediving. Make sure to give him a shout if you’re in Dahab. Harry and I will chat about what is this love, passion, and addiction for narcosis, the feelings of being really deep, and question "Why The F*** Go Deep"? We’ll also chat about psychedelics, out-of-body experiences, and how these are thought to be - by some - beneficially used in performance sports like freediving. Stay tuned and thanks for joining us.

COACHING

Harry Chamas and Freedive Passion La Ventana are best known for their commitment to coaching excellence. This does not mean that we only coach elite atheles... No. It means we have dedicated ourselves to guiding and transferring knowledge to all levels of freedivers. What makes us the best is not just what we know, but the speed at which we can pass that knowledge to our coachees. We do not believe in mystery or the "dive and see" approach. We give clear instructions and a definite road to walk to become a better freediver and water person. So if you want to put your freediving on the fast track, contact us for coaching.

From 2400 pesos per day

TRAINING

Focus on your own training surrounded by passionate experts. We take care of all aspects of logistics and safety so you can just relax and do your dives. Training is great for experienced freedivers, or someone who has done some coaching and wants some time to integrate or test their skills. We have a full competition dive platform for deep dives, with a sonar and counterballast system. Plus access to our center with every freediving toy you could imagine!!! So get in touch if you would like to train with us.

From 1200 pesos per day

AUTONOUMUS TRAINING

If you are on a budget, or enjoy safety diving as much as your own diving, then Autonomous Training is for you. We supply the buoy, line, bottom weight and transportation. You and your buddy take care of each others safety and setting the line. By definition, you will be responsible for yourself, so for us to be sure that you are safe, you must be a level 4 AIDA diver (or equivalent), OR take a training day with us to access your safety diving abilities and to check if you know how to manage a freediving buoy.