Over 15-day an intensive CMAS course was carefully designed to encompass all the crucial aspects of diving for CMAS 2 and 3 Star Instructors, ensuring a comprehensive exploration of fundamental teaching techniques to advanced safety measures and risk...

The manual is intended for instructor trainers and all local technical committees. Questions about this manual can be directed to me or CMAS TC Director Standards & Equivalencies mr. Abdelaziz Rezik. I hope that this manual will make it easier fo...

Following the changes in the qualification procedure for the World Games and the fact that the results of the rounds of the World Cup and the World Cup Golden Final, as well as the World Championship, can now lead to qualification, the Finswimming Co...

Turkey, February 29, 2024. CMAS, a global non-profit organization, works to protect Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) through special training programs and awareness methods. This approach involves collaborating with scientists and scientific organi...

On Friday February 23rd 2024 the Croatian athlete Valentina CAFOLLA succeed a new world record freediving under ice DYN with wetsuit 140 meters. Previous world record in women category was 126 a few days ago from Yasuko Ozeki Japan. Athlete: Valentin...

The new Women record DYN under ice (wetsuit) is 126 meters. Utoro, Japan.  Ozeki Yasuko successfully set a new World record in DYN-Dynamic with fin(under ice) with wetsuit discipline.

Oscar Cervantes Riera, Jose Luis Fernandez Garcia, and Miguel Angel Oliver Sitjar (Team CIAS) won the XXII Open Ciutat de Palma-40. Trophy Pep Amengual, with 58,095 points. Among their remarkable catch of 28 fish was a white grouper weighin...

Malen Sart Bonin, Sebastia Torre Gimenez, and Chus Exposito Ruiz won the firstedition of the Master's World Cup 50+, held during Semana Master in Palma deMallorca. The Spanish team, named Buona Sera, caught 22 fish, with the biggest onebeing a mullet...

Regarding the case of Vitomir Maricic and Petar Klovar, the Disciplinary Committee of the CMAS has found the two athletes guilty of breaches of the CMAS Code of Ethics, having been found in possession of substances capable of enhancing athletes perfo...

Malen Sart Bonnin, a two-time world spearfishing champion, won the IV CMAS Women's Cup at Semana Master in Palma de Mallorca. During five hours, Malen Sart caught 13 fish, earning 13,595 points. Her biggest catch was a red scorpionfish...

Oscar Cervantes Riera, a spearfisherman from Spain, won the XXI Master individual men's competition at the traditional Semana Master in Palma de Mallorca. After 5 hours, Oscar Cervantes had 25 fish which brought him 56,435 points. His bigge...

The World Underwater Federation organized the 1st World Para Finswimming Championship in the weekend 18 and 19 November in the city of Lignano, Italy. The swimming pool of Lignano was filled with happy faces and people with special skills who gave th...

Semana Master Palma will be livestreamed at CMAS' YouTube Channel: (https://www.youtube.com/@CMASworld/live)Event information: https://www.cmas.org/spearfishing-events/semana-master-de-pesca-submarina.html

The Semana Master spearfishing championship in Palma de Mallorca is set to take place on the 26th and 27th of January. Four different competitions will gather many stars from the spearfishing world. In the XXI Master, 14 athletes from Spain, Italy, F...

Jose Pep Amengual, a spearfishing legend, has received recognition at the City Hall of Palma de Mallorca for his 50th anniversary of winning his first world title. Celebrating such a milestone is a testament to his dedication and achievements in the ...

The IX CMAS Panamerican Spearfishing Championship will be held in Antofagasta, Chile, from 10th to 13th October 2024. The championship will be organized by the Asociación de Deportes Submarinos de Antofagasta (ADESUBA). Particular rules will be publi...

Rio de Janeiro's Yacht Club will be the home of the 2nd CMAS World Cup for Clubs in March 2024 Among the many well-known athletes, ex-world champion Stefano Bellani will compete alongside Maurizio Ramacciotti and Marco Paggini."It was not a tough dec...

At the end of the 2023 season, we had a pleasant surprise fromthe Chinese athlete Huali Yao. She achieved two new World Junior Records in 50 apnea with a performance of 15.71 s and in the 100 Immersion with 35.05 s. We had the opportunity to meet her...

As always, the first spearfishing competition in the new year will be the traditional Semana Master in Palma de Mallorca, organized by FBDAS, FEDAS, and CMAS.There are four different competitions – for the first time, the Master's World Cup for athle...

The second edition of the CMAS World Cup for Clubs will be held in Rio de Janeiro from March 7th to March 10th, 2024.  The competition and zone of the Tijuca islands on the coast of Rio de Janeiro already attracted more than 20 teams from around...