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 ...

Promising complete physical and mental immersion in the aquatic world, is freediving the ultimate marine adventure? We dive in to find out. For some, the idea of submersing themselves below the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Guinness World Record for holding one’s breath underwater is 24 minutes and 3 seconds. Most humans, however, can barely make it a minute and a half. For a diver, the degree of difficulty increases ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From where I’m standing, five metres beneath the surface of the swimming pool, I can see the disembodied legs ...

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 ...

The target depth was 125 meters — and in the past, Lozano had made it to 122 and 123 meters. Yet Lozano has realized he's lucky to be alive after this particular attempt in Roatan, Honduras, in May ...

The Atlantic Ocean is a turquoise blanket unfurled to the horizon beyond the white sand beach of the Grace Bay Club, a luxury resort in Turks and Caicos. My husband, Adrian, and I haven’t traveled as ...

Boasting a tropical climate and diverse marine life, the Philippines is a magnet for freedivers. The archipelago nation sits at the centre of the so-called Coral Triangle, which is almost six million ...