Freediving in 1960: Personality era
The limit for Freediving is written in 1960 as “Personality era.” The figure to read with it is 1992. This page sells no certificate and books no boat. Say whether 1992 is depth, temperature, a flag, or stamina. Mediterranean breath-hold lineages feed later sport.
Breath-hold depth as a craft — AIDA and CMAS sport, plus the recreational duck-dive that is not a blackout contest. Freediving is intentional breath-hold diving: a duck-dive to look at a reef, a line dive in a competition, or a spearfishing working breath. AIDA and CMAS write sport rules. Recreational depths for trained club divers often sit around 10–20 m; elite constant-weight records are another world.
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.
Say Freediving with 1960, “Personality era,” and 1992. The figure is not a booking rank.1960
Figures to keep
- Year of the limit
- 1960
- Water figure
- 1992
- Topic
- Freediving
- Field line
- Personality era