# About Freediving Philippines

Canonical: https://freediving.ph/about-us

Freediving Philippines helps freedivers discover dive spots, find buddies, join events, and support local communities around the Philippines.

## Built for the Philippine freediving community

Freediving Philippines exists because local freediving knowledge is often scattered across posts, chat threads, and private conversations. We help people find places, buddies, events, groups, schools, and stories from the community.

## Why this exists

Freediving Philippines is not here to replace instructors, clubs, organizers, or local groups. It is here to make the community easier to find, join, and support.

That means dive spot discovery, buddy finding, events, groups, Chika discussions, schools, instructors, courses, and shared stories that stay connected to real places.

Public guides should help real people take useful next steps: learn the basics, find safer buddies, choose instruction, and discover places with better local context.

## More on Freediving Philippines

- [Dive spots](https://freediving.ph/features/dive-spots) - Discover community-shared places to freedive and contribute useful local details.
- [Buddy Finder](https://freediving.ph/features/buddy-finder) - A safer way to connect with other freedivers intentionally.
- [Events](https://freediving.ph/features/events) - Find competitions, cleanups, meetups, school activities, and community dives.
- [Groups](https://freediving.ph/features/groups) - Discover local communities, clubs, and shared-interest groups.