Variable weight with monofin, men

What to remember

At Soverato, Italy, Homer Leuci went down to 131 m on September 11, 2012. The discipline is variable weight with a monofin, and the mark is a CMAS freediving record in the men's category, at sea.

Freediving means no tank and no regulator: the diver sets off on a single breath and must surface before breathing again. That is what separates it from scuba diving, where a gas stored under pressure is breathed.

Competitive freediving comes in several disciplines, depending on whether the goal is depth, time or distance. This figure measures the depth reached by the Italian diver.