Question 1

What if you need to cancel your session or course?

Accepted Answer

A lot of work goes into preparing our sessions and courses in order to offer you the best and safest experience. Payment is needed In order to secure your booking.

For sessions:
This payment is refundable until 48 hours before the start time of your session. After this 48 hour period, your payment is non refundable.

For courses:
If you’re not able to attend the course that you’ve booked you can reschedule without any fee as long as you give us at least 7 days notice.

If you cancel your course within 7 days of the course commencement date then we can rebook you for a future course for a R1000 ZAR rebooking fee. We cannot issue any refunds.

To reschedule, send an email to argonautscience@gmail.com, please include your name and the date of the session / course you were booked for. You’ll be able to choose any available session / course times from the ones on our website. Dates and times are subject to availability.

Question 2

What if we postpone your session or course?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes we might need to postpone or relocate your session or course. 
We will do this if conditions are not safe or suitable for our activities (e.g. due to weather).

If a course or session gets rescheduled, relocated or postponed by Argonaut Science, we will offer a number of alternate available locations and/or times for you to join us.

If you are not able to make it to any of these alternative times and/or locations, then you will be entitled to a refund of your session / course payment. If you have already started your course (completed any practical sessions), we will refund you pro rata for any sessions that you miss.

Please note that once you activate your access to online learning (e.g. Molchanovs or PADI eLearning), any costs related to this are not refundable.

Question 3

Gear hire

Accepted Answer

We recommend you bring your own gear to the course or session.

If you do not have your own gear, we can provide it for you. The cost of the gear hire is included in the cost of the course or session.

You will need:
A wetsuit
Fins
A mask and snorkel
A weight belt
Weights

It is your responsibility to return all your hire gear to your instructor at the end of each session.

If you loose or damage any of the rental gear, the following general charges apply (ZAR):
Wetsuit: R2000
Fins: R600 per fin
Mask: R600
Snorkel: R300
Weight Belt: R200
Weights: R100 per weight

Question 4

We recommend you also bring

Accepted Answer

Your own reusable water bottle

Sun protection

A hat

Towel

Swimming costume

A jacket and dry set of clothes for after the session

Snacks

Question 5

Important things to consider

Accepted Answer

DO NOT SCUBA dive 24 hours before freediving

DO NOT dive if you are congested

DO NOT have a heavy meal before your dives

DO NOT have any coffee or energy drinks before your dives

Terms of Service.

Freediving Courses and Sessions

What if you need to cancel your session or course?

What if we postpone your session or course?

Gear hire

We recommend you also bring

Important things to consider

What happens with pictures and videos we record during activities?

What about media recorded by clients during activities?

Media