This episode follows a powerful journey to confront thalassophobia, the fear of deep open water. Despite being an experienced ...

Meet the trailblazers like Akshay Thatte, Archana Thiagarajan, and Vachan Gowda who are breaking national records and ...

The Ministry of Interior has outlined safety guidelines for practicing diving as a sport, advising the general public to ...

Ever held your breath in a swimming pool, gone underwater and tried to stay there for a bit? You’ve actually been freediving without knowing it. Now, imagine taking it up a notch, drawing an epic ...

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 ...

A group of divers were observing a large school of sardines when a Bryde's whale suddenly appeared Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

On the soft white sands of Grace Bay Beach in Turks and Caicos, I watch the sea stretch out in lazy ribbons of turquoise and aquamarine. Grace Bay consistently ranks among the world’s most beautiful ...

On a new free-diving tour in South Africa, one traveler comes face-to-face with seals, shipwrecks, and the limits of her own endurance. The waters off the coast of Cape Town were crystal clear and a ...

While recent warm weather across the Las Vegas Valley ushered in the start of the outdoor swimming season, it also initiated a renewed push by Clark County officials to promote drowning prevention ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Florida leads the nation in child drownings. We are surrounded by beautiful bodies of water and it’s why swim safety is more than a story. It’s a priority for us. In this “Swim ...

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, ...

I’ve always been a pretty awful dancer — but I’d like to suck less. The question is: how much would that cost me? I decided $15 was my hard limit and went on a deep dive into Portland’s dance scene. I ...