When you are floating in the water holding your breath, what do you feel?The world a few meters below the surface is a place ...

When you go away for a tropical getaway, there’s no end to the list of ways that you can fit in fun physical activity. You’ve got beach volleyball, snorkeling, kayaking...the list goes on. At one ...

At 19, Tucker Francis was living his dream. About a decade earlier, he had sailed around the northwest Atlantic with his family, and his passion for the ocean and adventure blossomed. He loved ...

Alice Hines explores the mind-expanding, sober high of freediving in Florida's unique springs. Dive deep with compelling ...

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A ‘shattering love story’ ends in a tragic accident: a scene from Laura McGann’s documentary The Deepest Breath. Photograph: Netflix With the Netflix documentary The Deepest Breath wowing audiences, ...

Guillaume Néry takes a moment to compose himself. He adjusts his mask, swallows a big breath of air and then dives into the sea. And he won’t come back up for several minutes. Néry is a former world ...

On a sunny day in Perth, a freediver is floating on the ocean, 200 metres offshore, eyes closed and seemingly unresponsive. He has just surfaced. His diving buddy is lightly tapping his cheek and ...

Freediving, the sport of swimming to extreme depths on a single breath, was crippled last month by the death of a man ...

It’s the first Monday in October and the weather gods have been kind, says Hongkonger Kenze Leung – the clear, calm waters and bright sunny skies are ideal for freediving. “Visibility improves after ...