Certification
Certification
AIDA 2-4 Crossover Evaluation confirms your skills match AIDA standards so you can join the next AIDA course without repeating a full prior level. Hold training from SSI, PADI or another agency at equivalent depth? This is the bridge. SSI Basic Freediver and PADI Basic Freediver graduates often aim for AIDA 2. Advanced cards from PADI Advanced Freediver may support AIDA 3 entry after assessment.
The evaluation includes minimum one confined water and one open water session plus a written exam at seventy-five percent pass. Your instructor assesses skills from the AIDA completion form for the level below your target. AIDA 3 entry uses AIDA 2 skills. AIDA 4 entry uses AIDA 3 skills. Instructor course entry uses AIDA 4 skills. Certification may be issued at the assessed level but is not required simply to join the next course. That distinction saves confusion when you only need paperwork clearance to enrol.
Schedule length is set by your instructor based on gaps they observe, not a marketing day count. Some crossovers finish in an afternoon. Others need extra pool time for rescue or equalisation refresh, and that is normal after a long break. Leave a comment when you book with scans of all agency cards, depth logs and which AIDA course you want to enter next.
Crossover evaluation is a practical skill assessment plus written exam under AIDA instructor supervision.
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Find activitiesIt is an instructor-led assessment confirming your non-AIDA training matches AIDA skills for the level below the course you want to enter. You complete confined water, open water and a seventy-five percent theory exam.
Certification may be issued, but passing is not always required just to enrol on the next AIDA course.
AIDA 3 entry uses AIDA 2 completion form skills: static and dynamic targets, open water constant weight, rescue procedures and AIDA 2 theory exam content.
Your instructor may add refresh time if rescue or equalisation looks rusty compared to your old certification date.
AIDA 4 entry evaluates AIDA 3 completion form skills including deeper constant weight competence, advanced rescue elements and AIDA 3 theory standards.
Hold PADI Advanced Freediver? Performance numbers alone do not replace AIDA skill sign-offs.
Minimum one confined and one open water session plus exam time. Many divers need extra pool or depth refresh spread across several days.
Schedule flexibility beats a tight travel window if you have been out of the water for months.
Yes. Seventy-five percent pass on theory for the level being evaluated, aligned with AIDA completion form knowledge requirements.
Study materials vary. Ask your centre whether they provide AIDA manuals or digital prep before evaluation day.
Certification may be issued at the assessed level when all skills and exam standards are met. Some students only need enrolment clearance for the next course without a new card.
Confirm which outcome you need for insurance or centre records when you book.
Often yes after evaluation, though you must demonstrate AIDA 2 equivalent skills and pass the theory exam, not just show a PADI Basic Freediver card.
Open water depth experience from PADI Freediver courses helps. Pool-only backgrounds may need extra open water sessions.
Your instructor identifies gaps and recommends targeted coaching before retest or before enrolling on the next course. Extra sessions are common and that is not a failure if safety habits stayed sound.
Partial passes sometimes clear enrolment while you finish remaining skills alongside the next course. Centre policy varies.
All certification cards, logbook or depth summary, personal mask and fins if you have them, and medical clearance if required.
Leave a comment when you book with agency history so evaluators prepare the correct AIDA paperwork before you arrive.
adventuro lists AIDA centres offering crossover evaluation at pools and depth sites. Compare evaluator availability, exam language and whether certification issuance fees are included.
Leave a comment when you book naming your current cards and target AIDA course level for a faster reply.
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