Standing on the bottom of the ocean freediving. No fins. No tank. One breath.

(Free diving. Apnea)

Last time I tried this; I just pulled down the rope, stood on the sand a couple of seconds and quickly pulled back up the rope.

This time I thought I’d hang about there a few seconds and take a look around. I loved the feeling of stillness, alone on the ocean floor, comfortable, relaxed. I smiled a little but not so much as to allow water in my mask.

I looked at my dive computer: 15.6m (making the bottom about 16m), 1 min 10 sec. I felt just fine standing there, with the soft sand between my toes and the fish welcoming me in their world, but I guessed I should go back up.

‘Let’s see if I can swim up’, I thought, ‘I can always grab the rope if I can’t make it all the way, but first of all let’s take a leap like a frog off the ocean floor.’

Boooing!… The the feeling was amazing: I nearly laughed and a few small bubbles squeezed out of my mask. As I went up, I tried the free diving swimming technique which I had mostly only practice swimming on the surface.

I felt how much more power it had and how many far I could move with each stroke. As I reached the last few meters I felt myself becoming buoyant and just let myself float to pop up to the surface… It’s my favourite free dive so far.

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Thanks to Robert and Betty for filming and safetying me and to Kurma for letting my join their Kurma Karma Day (free free diving and yoga session every first Sunday of the month).

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