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 ...

“You have to be in the moment and become one with your surroundings, in this case, the water,” says Shubham Pandey. The Lonavala-based freediver will conduct workshops in Hyderabad from March 13 to 15 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What is it about being completely trapped, inches from death and unable to escape that so fascinates us? These ...

Amber Bourke stands on the ocean floor, facing away from a black abyss while holding her breath. Slowly, she crouches down and pushes off, arching her back gracefully and spinning down into the ...

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 ...

With training, people can hold their breath much longer than most realize, allowing us to dive to remarkable depths underwater. The “mammalian dive response” causes physiological changes to the body, ...

IN a bid to promote the Philippines as a top freediving destination in Asia, celebrity freediver Guillaume Néry was named by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as its new “ambassador” for freediving.