Freediving

Freediver Marina Kazankova will attempt a Guinness record for the longest underwater aerial silks performance on one breath, in an Alpine pool on October 11.

Hungary's Zsofia Torocsik and Croatia's Petar Klovar won the no-fins titles in Cyprus, while South Korea's Jihoon Jang set a national record at 73m.

On Indonesia's Sumbawa Island, Bajau fishers are returning to breath-hold diving, trading the risks of compressor diving for a managed octopus fishery.

The 37th AIDA depth world championships began in Limassol on September 27 with 178 athletes from 55 countries, the biggest depth field yet.

The founder of the Freediving Association of India will judge in Panglao, Philippines, on October 1–6, at the event where she set her first national records.

Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić, holder of a 29-minute oxygen-assisted breath hold, joins Garry Kasparov and Eric Dickerson in the ISHOF Class of 2026.

Divers lose far more fluid than they realize. A structured hydration and recovery protocol can extend your diving career and dramatically improve session-to-session performance.

Most new freedivers plateau around 10 meters because they rely on the wrong equalization method. The Frenzel technique is the solution — here is how to learn it.

Shallow water blackout is the leading cause of death in freediving. Here is what every freediver should know about why it happens and how to prevent it.

Jaydeep Gohil, aka Hydroman — India's pioneering underwater dancer and Guinness World Record holder — is coming to Korea for an exclusive underwater performance class at Wave Park's Blue Hole Lagoon on May 17, 2026.

PSA International has developed a structured 5-stage dry training specialty program designed to improve breath-hold performance through respiratory stretching, CO2 tolerance, equalization drills, and mental visualization — all without entering the water.

Leading freediving organizations gather in Sharm el-Sheikh to establish comprehensive safety protocols aimed at reducing shallow water blackout incidents.

Alexey Molchanov reached 91 meters beneath the ice of Lake Baikal on March 3, 2026, breaking his own under-ice CWT record by 14% in water temperatures of just 2°C.