AIDA

Overview

• AIDA (International Association for the Development of Apnea / French: Association Internationale pour le Développement de l'Apnée) is an international organization responsible for the international rules and official world-record ratification of freediving (apnea diving), as well as its training certification. [verified — AIDA official/Wikipedia]
• It was founded on November 2, 1992, in Nice, France, by Roland Specker, Loïc Leferme, and Claude Chapuis, with Specker serving as its first president. It establishes competition safety standards, manages the fairness and comparability of official world-record attempts, and serves as the parent organization for freediving clubs in various countries. [verified — Wikipedia]
• The stage-by-stage names and depth mappings of the detailed instructor and diver certification grading system require further confirmation. [verify needed]

In Korea

• In this knowledge base's dive-shop data (the certification_agencies aggregation), no shop explicitly listing AIDA has been confirmed (data pending). Because this KB centers on scuba dive shops, the collection of freediving specialty organizations has not yet been reinforced. [verified from dataset — not listed]
• When shops teaching this organization are registered in the future, refer to the backlinks of this note (dive-shop notes that include agency-aida in agencies).

For Foreign Divers

• AIDA freediving certifications are internationally recognized, but they constitute a separate system from the scuba C-card. It is recommended to verify the scope of recognition and acceptance within Korea with individual shops. [verify needed]

Sources

• url: https://www.aidainternational.org/ | publisher: AIDA International (official) | level: primary | accessed: 2026-06-27
• url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDA_International | publisher: Wikipedia | level: secondary | accessed: 2026-06-27
• domains/09-certification-agencies (scuba-organization focused — AIDA not included)
• Internal data: certification_agencies aggregation from data/dive-shops/*.yaml (AIDA unconfirmed)