A champion freediver has been bitten by a notoriously deadly shark during a training exercise. Cristian Castaño was attacked by an oceanic whitetip off the coast of Nirvana in San Andrés, a Colombian ...

14:40, Thu, Jul 20, 2023 Updated: 15:14, Thu, Jul 20, 2023 A shark famous for its deadly bite mauled a champion freediver in the middle of his training. The oceanic whitetip bit Cristian Castaño ...

Blairgowrie-based mermaid and freediver Janet Rudman was part of the recent freediving training that took place at the Miracle Waters. With the large growing interest in the sport and the hunger for ...

With humidity hanging in the hot afternoon air like a soggy blanket, visitors at the Oro Valley Aquatic Center were quick to strip down to their swimwear and hop into the pool. Melissa Ponder bundled ...

What does it feel like to dive 100 meters deep under the surface of the ocean with one breath? "The hydrostatic pressure will be 11 times than that a person feels on the ground," Xu Tongtong, Chinese ...

Camotes Island, Cebu – Seasoned freedivers travel the world to claim stake to the best freediving spots. One such freediver is Thibault Guignés, who opened Camotes Freediving Center in Cebu in June ...

Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds. A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so we have an involuntary reflex to breathe. But freediver Vitomir Maričić recently held his ...

As far as water sports go, there aren’t many that can push the limits of human endurance as far as freediving does. Freedivers have to hold their breath for several minutes while forcing their ...

An international team of scientists has discovered how marine mammals store such vast amounts of oxygen in their muscles. It is a key adaptation that lets them hold their breath for far longer than ...