If you've never heard of free diving, imagine this. Launching yourself hundreds of feet into the sea with little more than a mask, a heavy dose of bravery and one deep breath. Spear fisherman and ...

Commentary: The Oceanic Plus app turns the Apple Watch Ultra into a dive computer. I tested it with a full day of diving. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET. He covers ...

A little over a year ago, Gavin McIntosh had never dove competitively before. Now, he’s qualified for state after his first ...

Best tourist destination: Lizard Island, Australia Best for biodiversity: Raja Ampat, Indonesia Best for shore diving: Bonaire Best for beginners: Key Largo, United States Best for advanced divers: ...

Quan Hongchan (right) — China's diving sensation who has won three Olympic gold medals — trains on Thursday during the 2025 National Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. Earlier, Quan helped Team ...

Alexandra Gillespie is a freelance journalist who covers scuba diving, underwater wildlife, and travel. Her work has appeared in media outlets including Outside, National Geographic, Scuba Diving, and ...

On a normal day, the Ambassador Lagoon inside China’s Atlantis Sanya resort on the island of Hainan is home to about 86,000 marine creatures from over 280 animal species. But on April 28, this huge ...

At the Olympics, all dives are scored by a panel of judges. The judges rate the execution (and synchronization, for synchro events) of every dive on a scale of 1-10, including half-point margins.

One of the earliest lessons a child learns is the malleability of water. Try to hold on to it, and it slips between your fingers. Pour it into a tall glass, and suddenly the formless liquid has shape.

It's difficult to determine a specific place and time that diving became a popular activity, though it dates back at least as far as Ancient Greece. Diving as we know it today, in which athletes ...