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Guillaume Néry dives at -125m

In september 2013, during the mini competition right before the Individual World Championship, Guillaume Néry did a dive at -125m on a single breath of air. The dive was 3’30” long (2’00 to get down – 1’30” to come up). The competition was organized in …

William Winram 145m Freediving World Record (VWT)

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On September 3, 2013, Canadian Freediver William Winram successfully free-dived to 145 meters depth on a single breath of air, in the discipline of Variable Weight, in Sharm El Sheikh, in the Red Sea. With this dive, William got the world record officially ratified by the …

Model shot by Johannes Felten at the Red Sea Shoot-out

Making of an Image by Johannes Felten

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I sometimes prefer to make photo-reportages showing underwater photographers at work, rather than going out to take pictures of the sea-life itself. During the last Red Sea shoot-out, I had the chance to take part in some underwater photo productions with famous photographers. The first, Viktor …

Freedivers Tagging Great White Sharks

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In 2012 the team of The Watermen Project embarked on an expedition to Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico. Dr. Mauricio Hoyos, William Winram and Fred Buyle placed 11 acoustic tags on Great White Sharks in order to further study their migratory behavior. The goal of these …

Woman Freediving in the Cyclades - Greece

Sailing and Free-Diving the Cyclades Islands – Greece

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There was no scuba diving in this trip but some splendid free-diving and snorkeling in the incredible Aegean Sea. The photo equipment used underwater was: Nikon D300 camera Aquatica A300 Housing 8” acrylic dome port Nikon lens 10.5 fish-eye for DX 2 flashes Ikelite DS-125 (the present model in …

Meeting with Humpback Whales at “La Réunion”

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These humpback whales allowed Yves Guénot get close to them while free-diving in La Réunion. Yves has produced this splendid movie of the whales diving along with the sun rays, mother and calf are turning one around the other like if they were dancing. For info, La Réunion is a …

No Limits Audrey Mestre And Pipin Ferreras

No Limits – The Terrible Story of Free-Divers Audrey Mestre and…Pipin Ferreras

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This breath taking movie relates the bad ending story of the beautiful mermaid free-diver Audrey Mestre and her husband Pipin Ferreras. A must to see in silence.

Great White Scares Spear Fisherman

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This spear fisherman free-diver almost got an earth attack when he found himself facing a great white shark as he was spear-fishing off the shores of South Africa. It a new evidence that sharks including the one known as the “most dangerous”, the great white, …

Freediving with Dolphins

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Free-divers Eusebio and Christina Saenz de Santamaria are filming themselves while free-diving with a pod of 60 Spinner Dolphins in Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii. Filmed with with Nikon D7000 and GoPro