MAIN POOL BASE
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The Campus Ampang
Our primary (and private) pool for confined water programmes. Most of our therapy-based programmes and freediving are run here.
AMPANG · KUALA LUMPUR
HQ · UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPUR
Calmness
saves lives.
From survival to freedom.
We innovate programs for adults with water phobia, helping them to survive and experience therapeutic wonders under the surface.
PROJECT LIFE AQUATIC
PADI FREEDIVER CENTRE
S-30315
KUALA LUMPUR
PADI FREEDIVER CENTRE
S-30315
KUALA LUMPUR
Project Life Aquatic was founded in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur in support of global drowning prevention and water confidence education by the United Nations and World Health Organisation— on top of helping people build resilience, awareness and mastery on and beneath the surface.
EST. 2021
by UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
PADI FREEDIVER CENTRE S-30315
KUALA LUMPUR
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Footage taken during our Freedive depth training in Pulau Yu (Shark Island), Terengganu, Malaysia, September 2025.
Drone footage of our most recent trip to Pulau Redang, Terengganu.
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A Mission, Not A Service
We teach people to be calm, safe, capable and free in water.
Founded in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, in 2021, by academicians and researchers passionate in aquatic activities, and in alignment with global drowning prevention and water confidence efforts led by the United Nations and the World Health Organisation.
We combine freediving education, breath science, emotional regulation, 'water' awareness and survival training into one quiet, deliberate practice — taught in our selected pools and in the islands of Terengganu, Malaysia.
Confidence in water is a modern life skill. Calmness can be trained. Resilience can be built. Fear can be transformed. This is the work — and it begins with correct breathing.
"Every person deserves confidence, calmness and competence in water. Let the water hold you. Let it help you. Submit...surrender."
Dr. Rahayu Tasnim
Founder & Senior Lecturer
Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Also a blood cancer Multiple Myeloma patient who is "Unwell but fit" and who "Heals by healing others".
"From zero water skills and high water anxiety, now I'm blessed to be able to help people who were once like me. Our team will keep developing new innovative programmes, some of which are being benchmarked and adapted by others, which shows how impactful our small team has been since 2021. We will keep growing, and with others growing along with us at the same time. Water anxiety is real. So is water confidence."
Dr. Ahmad Syaifulizan Zulkeefly
PADI Freediver Instructor Trainer
[Full list of aquatic achievements coming up]
HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT
Born under a premier research university, we teach with the rigour of science and the patience of a mentor — not the urgency of a marketplace.
Our philosophy is built on four quiet convictions: professionalism, empathy in teaching, original research into how the human body meets water, and a duty to give before we gain. We are premium-priced because we offer what others cannot — depth of knowledge, integrity of practice, and a curriculum forged in laboratories as much as in the sea.
Mind over matter is our mantra. We are less concerned with the finest gear than with the scientific and meta-physical understanding of the self — less is more. To be water, first, learn to be natural...
...for the truest man needs little, less still when he is calm.
Why We Exist
Drowning is preventable. Calmness is teachable.
"Anyone can drown. But no one should."
Drowning remains one of the most overlooked global health issues — and most of it is preventable. Yet many adults still carry quiet, unspoken fear of deep water, and modern life has slowly disconnected us from the calmness and survival instincts the body was built for.
Project Life Aquatic exists to close that gap — to return safety, awareness and self-trust to the people who step into the waters. Not through fear. Through training. Through breath. Through the slow, deliberate art of staying composed when it matters most.
"Drowning is silent."
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Prevention
Aligned with global WHO and UN drowning prevention efforts. Awareness is the first lifeline.
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Preparedness
Real water competence. Self-rescue. Breath control. The skills life rarely gives notice to use.
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Empowerment
Confidence as a life skill. Resilience as a leadership quality. Calmness as a form of strength.
In The National Conversation
Our sharing on national TV and radio channels since 2021.
Featured across RTM, Bernama TV, TraxxFM and Selamat Pagi Malaysia — advocating drowning prevention, water safety, therapy and self-rescue.
Our Mission & Standards
Built on global safety principles.
"Nurtured by professionalism & empathy."
PROJECT LIFE AQUATICPADI FREEDIVER CENTRES-30315KUALA LUMPURFounded in 2021 to promote water confidence, resilience and drowning prevention awareness through education and deep water experience.
Inspired by global drowning prevention efforts. Aligned with international water safety awareness initiatives. Guided by globally recognised safety and education principles.
Track Record
Years of innovative and humble experiments with people and...water.
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Founded
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MALAYSIAN + INTERNATIONALS TRAINED
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EXPERIENCED DROWNING BEFORE / WITNESSED A DROWNING INCIDENT
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OPEN WATER & EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS
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INSTRUCTORS + COACHES + AMBASSADORS NURTURED
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PADI FREEDIVERS DEVELOPED FROM ZERO AQUATIC SKILLS
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Safety incidents
0 yrs old
MOST SENIOR AGE CONSULTED
Founded 2021 — in support of global drowning prevention and water confidence education by the UN and WHO.
Professionalism & safety-led coaching — strict protocols, certified water safety officials and lifeguarding.
Lasting impact — long-term community engagements,, alumni and partners building water confidence across Southeast Asia.
WHERE WE ARE
A base in campus. A classroom of pools, lakes and seas.
Our headquarters is at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur — the founding home of Project Life Aquatic.
Confined water training is conducted across our partner pools in Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam. Open water training, certifications and depth work move to the islands of Terengganu — Redang, Perhentian, Bidong, Tenggol and Pulau Yu.
HQ& FOUNDING BASE · UTM KUALA LUMPUR
MAIN POOL BASE
02 / 03 · Swim & Survive Malaysia Programme
Royal Malaysian Airforce (RMAF) Recreational Club
A quiet outdoor pool inside the Royal Malaysian Air Force Recreational Club. Open-sky sessions, end-of-day light, deeper focus. Only for our Swim & Survive Malaysia programme. Our temporary pool till July 2026.
SHAH ALAM, SELANGOR
Temporarily closed for renovation
03 / 03 · Deeper Pools · Water Confidence & Survival. Water Therapy.
Shah Alam Aquatic Centre
Our original training home since 2021 — including the deep diving pool used for safety, rescue and depth-discipline work. Currently closed for major renovations; we will return when the doors reopen.
Shah Alam · Selangor
Five islands. One coastline. Endless life-lessons.
Open water training, certifications and depth work are conducted across the islands of Terengganu — Redang, Perhentian, Bidong, Tenggol and Pulau Yu.
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Pulau Redang
Glass lagoons. Soft-coral gardens. The unmistakable hush of an island morning.
Depth · 5–25mBest · Mar – Oct
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Pulau Perhentian
Two jungle-clad islands divided by a corridor of impossibly blue water.
Depth · 8–30mBest · Apr – Sep
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Pulau Bidong
Quiet. Weathered. Mostly forgotten. A rare classroom for inward work.
Depth · 10–28mBest · Mar – Oct
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Pulau Tenggol
Sheer granite walls falling into deep blue. Malaysia's most serious freediving water.
Depth · 20–60m+Best · May – Sep
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Pulau Yu
A remote outpost off the Terengganu coast. Crystalline water, untouched reef, deep silence.
Depth · 10–35mBest · Apr – Sep
In Their Words
From the men who came back different.
"I arrived carrying years of tension. I left with a breath I had forgotten was mine."
"Precise. Never cold. I trust this team with my life — that is not a small sentence in this sport."
"It is not a course. It is a quiet correction of how you live."
"Stillness is a skill, not a feeling. That single shift changed how I lead, at sea and at the desk."
OUR AQUATIC ARCHIVE
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Quiet frames. Humble works.
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