The Blue Element competition platform in Soufrière Bay, Dominica

March
Mini

19–23 March 2027 · Soufrière Bay, Dominica.
A compact spring depth competition as the season builds — AIDA national-record status on the platform in Soufrière Bay. Twenty athletes, warm still water, and the perfect early-season target for a personal best.

AIDANational-record
20Athletes
28°CNo current
Register & pay — $600 Ask a question
A freediver on the competition line in Soufrière Bay

Mar 19–23 · 2027

The competition.

The Blue Element March Mini is a compact spring depth competition — a chance to blow off the winter and set the tone for your season on the platform in Soufrière Bay. Full AIDA national-record status, capped at twenty athletes. The same world-class safety and perfect conditions as the flagship November event, in a shorter, focused format built to bring out a clean early-season personal best.

  • Entry across all competition days in the AIDA disciplines
  • The full counter-ballasted competition platform in Soufrière Bay
  • World-class professional safety team on every dive
  • Sonar tracking, surface oxygen and on-site medics
  • Warm 28°C water, no current, in a perfectly protected bay
  • Official AIDA judging and live results
An athlete surfacing on the competition line

Open the season
on the line.

Soufrière Bay · Dominica

Entry

19–23 March 2027.

Four dive days across the AIDA disciplines in 28°C water with no current. A capped field of twenty athletes on the counter-ballasted platform, backed by the full Blue Element safety team.

Competition entry

$600USD

Your place in the twenty-athlete March Mini field. Registration Mar 19, first dive day Mar 20. Fields are strictly capped and close when the platform is full.

Register & pay →

Places are strictly capped and close when the platform is full. Questions before you book? Email us.

Itinerary

Six days in the bay.

18Registration
19Day 1
20Day 2
21Rest
22Day 3
23Day 4 · closing

📸 Photopacks with @samudraflow & @kylamcclay — Full-event and per-day footage packages available — ask us to add one to your entry.

Safety first

Safety is our number one priority.

Every dive is backed by a full competition setup and an evacuation plan for any outcome. We work with leading industry professionals in freediving medicine and safety.

Competition setup

  • 145m counter-ballasted mainline, Dyneema core for best FIM & CB tension specs
  • Brand-new sonar systems tracking divers deep
  • Professional safety team — World Championship, WR & sled experience
  • Transport boat to and from the platform during competition & training
  • Second counter-ballasted platform to 90m for training dives
  • 2 deco oxygen kits · full face-mask deco kit · 2 medics on standby
  • EZ-PAP CPAP kits for barotrauma & on-site defibrillator
  • Multiple warm-up lines up to 55m · new dry transition area
  • Platform phone & radios linking local team and coast guard

Evacuation plan

  • Evacuation plan for any outcome
  • New hyperbaric chamber at Roseau hospital (opens August 2026)
  • Land, sea and air transport options for every eventuality
  • Small-boat and land-vehicle transfer to hospital in Roseau
  • Coast Guard on alert — air & sea rescue to neighbouring French islands
  • Fast-boat redundancy for channel crossings
Freedivers on the competition line in Soufrière Bay

A record-setting bay

Records set in Soufrière since 2015

MultipleWorld records
MultipleContinental records
HundredsNational records
2015Records set since

Travel

Getting to Dominica.

One of the Caribbean's most beautiful, unspoiled islands. All international visitors arrive via Douglas–Charles Airport (DOM), with regular regional connections through major hubs.

Antigua · ANU Barbados · BGI Guadeloupe · PTP Martinique · FDF Puerto Rico · SJU St. Maarten · SXM Miami · MIA

By ferry

High-speed services connect Dominica with Martinique and Guadeloupe — a good option if you want to combine your trip with other islands.

Travel tips

  • Book flights as early as possible, especially in peak periods
  • Allow extra connection time through regional Caribbean hubs
  • Arrive a day before the event to settle in before the programme starts
  • From the UK & Europe: route via Antigua or Barbados for the easiest connections
  • From North America: direct from Miami, or connect via San Juan, Antigua or Barbados

19–23 March 2027 · Soufrière Bay

Take your place

March Mini 2027 · entry from $600 USD.

Register & pay — $600 All competitions

Places are strictly capped and close when the platform is full.
Refundable less a $75 admin fee up to the entry deadline · terms & refund policy
Questions? blueelementfreediving@gmail.com