BreakFinder Breath: Surf Apnea
Breath-hold & freedive trainer
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Five surf-specific breath modes — Beach Break, Big Wave Set, Wonka Table, Burpee Ladder, Exhale Walk — guided by haptic cues on your wrist.
Hold-down training for surfers, on your Apple Watch. BreakFinder Breath coaches you through apnea and CO2/O2 tables designed around the rhythms of real surf sessions — so the next hold-down doesn't catch you off guard.
FIVE SURF-SPECIFIC MODES
Every mode is built for the water, not a pool.
Beach Break — 8 progressive rounds. Hold time scales to 40% of your personal best; recovery shrinks from 60s down to 15s as rounds go on. The pressure mounts, exactly like a heavy session.
Big Wave Set — 3 sets × 3 hold cycles. Fixed 25s holds with 5s intra-set gaps and 120s set recovery. Trains the repeated hold-down scenario on a big-wave day.
Wonka Table — user-driven. You hold until your diaphragm contracts, then tap. Each tap triggers a 25s follow-on hold. No fixed timer — your body sets the pace.
Burpee Ladder — 9 rounds on a 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 rep ladder. Do the burpees, then hold for 20s. Trains breath-hold under physical stress — closest to the real thing.
Exhale Walk — 8 rounds of 10s work / 20s recovery. Trains the CO2 tolerance you need to stay calm when a set breaks on your head.
HAPTIC GUIDANCE
Every phase transition fires a precisely timed haptic cue — short for inhale prompts, medium for new holds, long for session complete. No need to look at the watch mid-hold.
HOOK BREATHING CUES
The first 12s of every recovery phase overlays a guided hook-breathing pattern (inhale 1s / hold 2s / exhale 1s × 3 cycles) to clear CO2 and prime the next hold.
INTENSITY FORMULA
Set your RPE (0–100) before each session. The intensity formula caps hold times to an honest maximum for your current fitness — so early sessions are challenging but not dangerous.
HEART RATE MONITORING
Your Apple Watch tracks heart rate throughout the session and logs it to the session summary.
RUNS ON YOUR APPLE WATCH
Train standalone on your wrist — eyes closed, no phone needed. One free BreakFinder account saves every session.
SESSION SYNC
Sessions post automatically to breakfinder.surf — duration, max hold, intensity, table level reached — so you can track progress over time.
PRIVACY FIRST
No tracking. No ad cookies. GDPR/DSGVO compliant. Delete your account anytime.
Train responsibly: never practise breath-holding in water alone. Built by surfers, for surfers. breakfinder.surf
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Information
- Seller
- Philipp Winkler
- Size
- 1.6 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Philipp Winkler