It is not surprising that free-diving, like just about everything
else, has its record-keepers. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-diving
for a list of the types of competition and the current records. Free-
diving through horizontal sumps in caves would be "dynamic apnea" with
or without fins. The longest distances are of course with fins. (The
monofin mentioned in David's post is like a mermaid's tail.) The
official records are done in swimming pools, and the record distance
for that sort of underwater swimming without taking a breath is 250
meters, over twice as far as that guy did in the sea cave in Australia.
There is a note about a long free-dive between a couple of cenotes in
Quintana Roo by Christian Redl of Austria, for a claimed distance of
101 meters, in the "Mexico News" section of AMCS Activities Newsletter
31.
The August 24 issue of The New Yorker has an article about attempts by
a couple of women to free-dive to a _depth_ of 100 meters. The women's
record is currently 96 meters, the men's 122 meters. I think the
article said something about a rule that the diver has to remain
conscious for one minute after surfacing to claim the record, which
would appear to say something about how insane that sort of thing
is.... -- Mixon
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