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Australian Freediving Clubs
The Australian Underwater Federation
Coffs Harbour Bluewater Freedivers
Living Water Freedivers Spearfishing Club
St George Sea Dragons Spearfishing Club

International Freediving Associations
United States Apnea Association
CMAS - Confederation Mondiale des Activities Subaquatiques
AIDA - International Association for the Development of Freediving
British Freediving Association
Canadian Association of Freediving and Apnea
Underwater Society of America
Freediving Regulations and Education Entity (FREE)
Japan Apnea Society
Freediving South Africa
AIDA Sweden

General Community
Deeper Blue
The Zen of Freediving
Redefine Your Limits
Umberto Pelizzari, The Official Site
Scott Campbell Photography on Breathold
Freediving.at
Jacques Mayol
FreediveList
Official discussion group of AIDA UK
World Wide Freedivingspots Spots
Israel Freediving
Freediving Web Ring
METU Freediving Group
Hvidovre Freediving Club (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Freediving

Other Freediving Magazines
Hawaii Skin Diver Magazine
Apnea Magazine

Current Freediving World Records
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Freediving World Records - Men Discipline Result

Constant Weight without fins (CNF) - 83m - Martin Stepanek - Dahab, Egypt 8.8.2007
Constant Weight (CWT) - 111m - Herbert Nitsch - Hurghada, Egypt 9.12.2006 (from Vienna, Austria)
Dynamic without Fins (DNF) - 186m - Stig Aavall Severinsen - Marlbor, Slovenia 7.7.2007 (from Denmark)
Dynamic with Fins (DYN) - 225m - Stig Aavall Severinsen - Aarhus, Denmark 16.6.2007
Static Apnea (STA) - 9min 8sec - Tom Sietas - Hamburg 1.5.2007 (from Hamburg, Germany)
Free Immersion (FIM) - 106m - Martin Stepanek - Cayman, BWI 3.4.2006
Variable Weight (VWT) - 140m - Carlos Coste - Sharm, Egypt 9.5.2006 (from Venezuela)
No Limit (NLT) - 214m - Herbert Nitsch - Spetses, Greece 14.6.2007

Freediving World Records - Women Discipline Result

Constant Weight without fins (CNF) - 55m - Natalia Molchanova - Dahab, Egypt 7.11.2005 (from Moscow, Russia)
Constant Weight (CWT) - 88m - Mandy-Rea Cruickshank - Cayman Islands, BWI 29.4.2007 (from Vancouver, Canada)
Dynamic without Fins (DNF) - 149m - Natalia Molchanova - Marlbor, Slovenia 7.7.2007
Dynamic with Fins (DYN) - 205m - Natalia Molchanova - Marlbor, Slovenia 5.7.2007
Static Apnea (STA) - 8min 0sec - Natalia Molchanova - Marlbor, Slovenia 6.7.2007
Free Immersion (FIM) - 80m - Natalia Molchanova - Dahab, Egypt 3.6.2006
Variable Weight (VWT) - 122m - Tanya Streeter - Turks and Calcos 19.7.2003 (from Austin, USA)
No Limit (NLT) - 160m - Tanya Streeter - Turks and Calcos 17.8.2002

Definition of Competitive Freediving disciplines

• Static Apnea - Maximum time holding breath while submerged under water. This is generally done face-down in a swimming pool.
• Dynamic Apnea - Maximum distance covered horizontally under water.
• Constant Weight / Constant Ballast - Maximum depth reached by a diver by swimming down and back up without any assistance (eg. line, sled, etc.). Records exist for both with fins and without fins.
• Free Immersion - Maximum depth reached by pulling oneself down and up on the competition line. No fins are used.
• Variable Weight / Variable Ballast - Maximum depth reached by a diver on a weighted sled before swimming back to the surface either by kicking and/or pulling on a rope.
• No Limits - Maximum depth reached by a diver on a weighted sled before being pulled to the surface by a lift bag that is inflated by the diver at depth. This is the discipline that receives the most publicity because of the extreme depths that have been reached. It is also the discipline that has given the sport the most bad publicity because of one or two highly-publicized accidents (eg. Audrey Mestre).