About Skyluma

What we do

Skyluma runs tandem skydives near Gdańsk, Poland. We jump from 4,000 metres — full altitude, where freefall lasts around 60 seconds at speeds approaching 200 km/h. The instructor then opens the canopy and you spend a few quiet minutes over Pomerania.

Alongside the jumps we run the AFF course for people who want to fly their own canopy, and we sell vouchers — most often as gifts.

Most of the work happens on the ground, before anyone boards the aircraft: answering questions, setting dates, moving them when the weather says no, and explaining what the day will be like.

Who tandems are for

A tandem needs no preparation and no prior training. Most people who jump with us are doing it for the first time in their lives.

• No minimum age — under-18s need written consent from a legal guardian.
• Up to 100 kg of body weight.
• No medical conditions that rule out physical exertion.
• No experience — the whole briefing is a quarter of an hour on site.

How we treat safety

We jump the latest UPT Sigma 2 tandem system. Every tandem rig carries an automatic activation device for the reserve. Tandem jumps here are flown by experienced instructors holding tandem ratings. The instructor is responsible for the exit, the freefall, the canopy opening and the landing, and the equipment is kept on a periodic inspection schedule.

We do not jump to a schedule. When the wind is too strong or the cloud hangs too low, the aircraft stays on the ground and the jump moves to another day, at no extra cost. It is not a decision anyone makes under pressure from a queue or a calendar.

What protects a jumper, and what nobody honest can promise, is set out in the guide is skydiving safe.

What the day looks like

We jump from April to October, at weekends and on selected weekdays. Expect a few hours at the dropzone: paperwork and a signed declaration, a quarter of an hour of briefing, the harness, the climb to 4,000 metres, around a minute of freefall and a few minutes under canopy. The weather and the day's bookings set the order of the loads, so it is best to arrive with nothing else planned.

Friends and family can watch the take-offs and landings free of charge. The whole day, in order, is in the guide to your first tandem jump.

How buying works

You buy the voucher once and choose the date later, within 12 months. It is a bearer document, so it can be given away.

Prices are quoted plainly, VAT included, and cover the equipment, the instructor and the ride to full altitude. Nothing further is added at the dropzone.

You pay online, by BLIK, card or a fast bank transfer, and the PDF with the code arrives as soon as the payment is confirmed. An invoice is simply ticked at checkout. Every variant, filmed and unfilmed, is on the pricing page.

The AFF course

For people who want more after a tandem, we run the AFF course: ground training followed by jumps with instructors, after which you jump on your own. It costs 6,900 zł and is open from the age of 16.

How it differs from a tandem, and whether you need a tandem first, is covered in tandem or AFF. The syllabus is described on the AFF course page.

Where we jump

The dropzone is near Gdańsk, a few dozen kilometres inland, within reach of the whole Tricity and the Pomeranian region. We give the exact address when the date is confirmed, because jumping may run from a different airfield on a given day — that is one message, not a surprise on arrival.

Two pages cover it from different sides: skydiving near Gdańsk for the journey and the shape of the day, and skydiving on the Baltic coast for what the view from altitude is actually like.

The journal and the guides

We also write about what happens in skydiving beyond our own dropzone. The Skyluma journal collects news on sport, training, equipment and safety, checked against its source and written up under our editorial standard.

The guides answer what people ask before a first jump: requirements, fear, weather, price and what to bring. We write them to be useful even to someone who ends up jumping somewhere else.

What we do not promise

A particular date at the time of purchase, or a particular view on the day. The weather decides both, which is why a voucher is valid for 12 months with the date chosen later, and why a day that cannot run is simply rearranged.

We also publish no figure we cannot stand behind: no statistics, no years in the business, no count of jumps flown. What we write about prices, altitude and requirements comes from our own pricing page and guides.