I had been floating face-down in the swimming pool of Matamanoa Resort in Fiji for nearly three minutes, eyes closed, breathing through a snorkel, when my freediving instructor’s voice reverberated ...

Sara Burnett had initially planned to spend only a few weeks practicing at Blue Element Freediving, a training center in the Caribbean island nation of Dominica. The area is popular among free divers, ...

Years ago, while working to build an orphanage in Tanzania, Renee Blundon got into ocean swimming for exercise. Swimming turned into snorkeling, then to scuba diving, to underwater hockey and ...