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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: FreediveSafe! Hawai’i 73-5737 Kuakini Hwy, Suite 202 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Phone 808-900-3331 www.freedivesafe.org info@freedivesafe.org   FREEDIVESAFE! ANNOUNCES CRITICAL SAFETY TRAINING FOR DIVERS SPEARFISHING SAFETY TRAINING EVENT TO  TARGET LOCAL YOUTH   Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, July 21, 2021: FreediveSafe, a nonprofit that works to provide lifesaving freediving and spearfishing safety training to all … Read more

We are proud to announce that FreediveSafe! is now officially recognized as a public charity with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Achieving nonprofit status is a major milestone for our organization, and it strengthens our ability to provide freediving and spearfishing safety training to communities across Hawaiʻi. We are … Read more

As we enter the Christmas holidays, we’d like to take moment to thank you all for your participation and support of our freediving and spearfishing safety initiative. Since launching FreediveSafe! Hawai’i in August 2020, we have trained over 43 people in lifesaving freediving and spearfishing safety protocols. This is nearly double our initial four month … Read more

Between May and July 2020, Hawaiʻi’s freediving and spearfishing community suffered a heartbreaking loss: five divers, ranging in age from 15 to 52, tragically died while freediving at Kaʻena Point and Kaʻaʻawa on Oʻahu, Mahukona and Old A’s on the Big Island, and Paia on Maui. As the news unfolded, images of grieving families and … Read more