Soufrière · Dominica
One bay · three ways to dive deeper
A place to learn to freedive. A place to train to your limit. The host of a world-class competition.
Freedive with us
Whether it's your first breath-hold or your next national record, the path runs through the same bay — and the same team of record holders.
Beginner → Instructor courses
AIDA & Molchanovs pathways, from first breath to instructor. Comfort and safety first, depth second — guided every metre by world-class instructors.
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Autonomous & Elite
Autonomous or full elite support — counter-ballast mainline, sonar, in-water safety and deco O₂. Train at depth with total confidence.
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CWT · CNF · CWTB · FIM
Multiple events throughout the year, with our Flagship World Record status events in November and May, both CMAS and AIDA.
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Why Blue Element
Soufrière Bay is a natural amphitheatre — deep, sheltered and glass-calm. A custom platform with a 12mm dyneema line, counter-ballast and real-time sonar depth tracking carry the rest.
Antarctica
Founder · Depth Chief
“Johnny Deep” — −110m CWT, world depth #3 in 2012/13 and FIM bronze medallist at the 2013 Depth Worlds. Former AIDA Safety Officer and Vertical Blue chief of safety, he has coached five world records and 70+ national and continental records.
Meet the team
Blue Element was founded by record-holding freedivers and run by a crew who compete, coach and safety-dive at the highest level. When you train here, the person on the other end of the line has been to the depths you're chasing.
Behind the founders: AIDA & PADI instructor trainers, professional safety and a dedicated medical team.
Soufrière, Dominica
Co-Founder · Managing Director
From a first breath-hold in Hawai'i to three UK CNF records and a world top-8 finish with an 80m dive — the second deepest ever by a UK freediver. AIDA Instructor Trainer, CMAS Worlds competitor and the voice of Vertical Blue 2023.
The annual competition
A flagship AIDA event in Soufrière / Scott's Head Bay — six days of competition diving across CWT, CNF, CWTB and FIM, world-record status, on a platform built for clean, safe deep dives. Organised by Jonathan Sunnex and Harry McCahill with a seasoned international crew.
Scott's Head · Dominica
Discover Dominica
Rainforest, crater lakes and hundreds of waterfalls meet a coastline that drops straight into the deep. Train in the morning, hike to a boiling lake or snorkel Champagne Reef by afternoon.
Island partners
Gallery & media
In-house photographer Allie Reilly captures all the beauty and the action — the bay, the platform, and the athletes who dive it, paired with DiveEye underwater footage.
Come join us in the bay
Tell us where you're starting — first course, deep training block, or a place at the competition — and we'll map the path.
