Freediving in 2000s: No-limits controversy · 366

Skill ceiling and risk sit high in this atlas. Gear load is low — a long-blade fin, a mask, a wetsuit. Accessibility is middling because a proper course and a safety buddy are the entry, not a hotel snorkel. This chapter is not a certifying agency, not a live line-dive plan, and not medical advice. The freedive-safety chapter is the sibling that should be read first if the goal is depth.

Buddy systems and blackout drills are non-negotiable — no solo heroics. Federation or instructor standards gate depth progressions. Pool first, then known lines; local clubs beat anonymous boats. Freediving mapped for mechanisms, locale notes and limits. Freediving sits in the freedive atlas — mechanisms, locale notes and limits, not slogans.

Adoption and meaning follow coastal and inland water sites as much as peak specs. coastguard and training-agency norms. Not a certifying agency, medical advice, or dive briefing. Editorial scores help browsing; they are not certificates. Links, glossary and adjacent themes around Freediving.