Calendar

AUGUST

WAVE1 Beginner Course
La Paz - Mexico, AUG 28 - 30th

WAVE2 Advanced Course
La Paz - Mexico, AUG 28 - 31th

Coaching - Training Sessions
La Paz - Mexico, AUG-SEPT

SEPTEMBER

Equalization Workshop
Guadalajara - Mexico, SEPT 20th

OCTOBER

WAVE2 Advanced Course - Deep Camp COMBO
La Paz - Mexico, OCT 2 - 11th

WAVE3 Master Course - Deep Camp COMBO
La Paz - Mexico, OCT 2 - 11th

Baja Deep Camp
La Paz BCS - Mexico, OCT 5 - 11th

Freediving The Sea of Cortez
La Paz BCS - Mexico, OCT 18 - 20th

WAVE1 Beginner Course
La Paz - Mexico, OCT 25 - 27th

WAVE2 Advanced Course
La Paz - Mexico, OCT 25 - 28th

NOVEMBER

Wildlife Expedition Mag Bay
Baja California Sur- Mexico, NOV 12 - 16th 2025

DECEMBER

Wildlife Expedition Mag Bay
Baja California Sur- Mexico, DEC 6 - 9th 2025

WAVE2 Advanced Course
La Paz - Mexico, DEC 12 - 15th

FEB 2026

Hidden Cenotes Exploration
Yucatan - Mexico
FEB 21 - 25th

MARCH 2026

Cenotes Deep Camp
Merida, Yucatan - Mexico
March 1 - 7th

MAY 2026

Mobula Rays & Wildlife Exploration
La Ventana BCS - Mexico
MAY 22 - 26th
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Biography

Carlos Coste was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 2, 1976, the oldest of three children.Carlos is a freediving legend and 12× world record holder, with four Guinness Records to his name. He made history as the first person to dive beyond 100 meters in both Free Immersion (FIM) and Constant Weight (CWT), setting milestones that changed the sport. Over his more than 20-year career, he’s pushed the limits of freediving in competition, in extreme environments, and through personal exploration.
He isn’t just about big numbers, though. Carlos has developed his teaching to be precise, thoughtful, and deeply personal: helping divers refine equalization, master mental preparation, and bring body and mind into harmony for deeper, safer dives. He’s worked with everyone from high-level athletes to those rebuilding confidence in the water — always with attention to detail, safety, and what feels right.Carlos also brings a strong creative side: he’s been featured in documentary projects, led expeditions, and shares his underwater world through visual storytelling. Whether you’re chasing depth, technique, or comfort in the sea, training with Carlos means working with someone who knows what it takes — and who helps you discover your own pace and path forward.

Early Career

Legendary world-class freediver and multiple world record-holder. Carlos discovered apnea diving in 1997.His first years learning freediving were in Venezuela, where he started a very intense and passionate exploration of his potential in breath-hold diving.It was a very self-taught start in Venezuela (1996-1999), as the knowledge about freediving was extremely limited. But his curiosity and passion push him to discover techniques and experiment with them, to be able to reach 60m depths in less than three years without any international learning experience.Carlos started in the University Underwater Activities Club (CASA-UCV, Caracas), where he learned the fundamentals and became part of a community of spearfishermen and sport divers. Coste started training in parallel Spearfishing & Freediving every week.

Competition Years

In 2000 Carlos participated in his 1st International Freediving Competition (Niza Freediving TEAM World Cup), where the Venezuelan TEAM won the Bronze medal between 29 countries. It meant a big push to Carlos´s motivation and clearly to the whole team.From this point Carlos's career kicked off, he became a pioneer, the first freediver to pass the 100m barrier in non-assisted disciplines (CWT and FIM). The challenge is on, pushing limits beyond standards, breaking records in Altitude and Caves.

Accident & Recovery

During a -182m depth training dive in September 2006 in the No Limits discipline, Carlos had a serious accident (air embolism in the cerebellum). He completed the 182m dive training to break the NLT WR at that moment (183m), reach the surface, surface protocol OK, but started to feel strong symptoms.Carlos received intense recovery treatment, including Hyperbaric Medicine and physiotherapy/training for months to allow him to get back into the competitive and WR arena.His recovery was not an individual work, it was a TEAM effort that included doctors, family, sponsors, and friends during those difficult times.In 2007 Carlos restarted his competitive career, having new WR and adventures.

Today

Since 2014 was living in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean where he become Instructotr Trainer and founded two freediving schools.From 2023, he is leaving Bonaire to create a brand new Freediving Explorations project together with his partner Petra Oberucova in Mexico.

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