It is with great dismay and sadness that we received the news that our very dear friend Benedict Reyes passed away yesterday, 23rd June. Ben has been the guiding light and President of PAUA (Philippine Association of Underwater Activities) for many y...
Freediving enters the program of the World Games and President Anna Arzhanova was re-elected as the member of IWGA Executive Committee
The International World Games Association held its Annual General Meeting in Madrid today and made a decision on the ratification of the Sports Programme including Finswimming and Freediving for the next World Games to be held in Chengdu, China in 20...
Para-Freediving Joins The World Games 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Para-Freediving has been officially included in the prestigious program of The World Games! Get ready to witness some of the most daring and inspiring athletes from around the globe, as they take on the depths with in...
CMAS Instructor Manual goes global - now available in Chinese
The CMAS instructor manual is currently in the process of being translated into languages other than the three official CMAS languages (English, Spanish and French). The instructor manual is now available in yet another Chinese language version.The m...
Huali Yao: “Olympic motto “Higher, Faster, Stronger, Together”
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...
Palma de Mallorca prepared for champions
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...
Alexandria Underwater Archaeological Field School
CMAS has joined forces with the Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage, a CMAS Scientific Diving centre, to run the Alexandria Underwater Archaeological Field School which will take place in Alexandria, Egypt, fro...
Raul Astorga will defend his title from Tunis
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...
Particular rules for Euro-African championship are published
The Particular rules for XXXIV Men and third Women CMAS Euro-African championship that will be held in Avsa island from May 29th till June 2nd 2024. are published on CMAS website. Technical delegate for the competition will be Parco Paggini from Ital...
Finswimming never stops: Angelo Sesana and his 50+ years career
One of the great protagonists of the 4th CMAS Masters Finswimming Open Water World Championship was Angelo Sesana. The eighty-year-old - yes you read that right- Italian athlete managed to win a total of four gold medals. 1km Bi Fins, 3km Bi Fins, 3k...
Rules for World Cup for Clubs are published
The Particular rules for the II World Cup for Clubs that will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from March 7th to March 10th, 2024. are published on the CMAS website. Because of the limited number of boats, only 30 teams can participate so teams that...
1st World Para Finswimming Championship
The World Underwater Federation in cooperation with FIPSAS organizes the 1st World Para Finswimming Championship.By including persons with disabilities, CMAS sports also provides opportunities for innovation and recognizes the range of diversity with...
Nikol ORTEGA: I was surprised at my capabilities
The 18th Junior World Championship took place in June, from 19 to 24, in Cairo, Egypt. The future stars of the discipline participated in a very high-level event. An athlete that really shined was Nikol ORTEGA from Colombia, with three World rec...
The CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023 in Roatan Honduras
The CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023 in Roatan Honduras in the Caribbean Sea is over, after 4 very successful competition days.Day 1 (Aug 21) CWT:The competition started with the discipline of Constant Weight (monofin) where for the ...
Axolotls from Mexico City, on the way to start playing Underwater Rugby.
An enthusiastic former National Team Colombian player, Isabel Botero is fully determined to have an UWR team playing in a few months. Isabel started the team a few years back in 2019, they were playing 3 times per week, and even, they had the o...
Men World Championship title goes for second time in a row to Colombia.
Colombia dominated the competition by keeping a clean sheet during the whole championship.Group A had an interesting starting position with Colombia, Germany, and Denmark in there. During the group stage Colombia drew its game versus Germany but mana...
Colombia achieved the Women's World Championship title for the very first time.
Colombia dominated for the first time in the Women WC competition. There were 10 nations participating this time to hunt down the World Championship title.World Championships were played in Montreal, Canada, 9.-15.7.2023. The venue was historic Compl...
Camille HEITZ: “Finswimming is a life-long passion”
About a month ago, the 3rd World Masters Finswimming Championship took place in Cairo, Egypt. A total of 305 athletes from 70 teams participated in the event. The athletes represented 22 different countries, from all 5 continents, giving a spec...
25 men's and 12 female teams on WC
For the XXXIII. World Championship in Laredo, Spain registered 25 men's teams and 12 in the female competition.Men competition will have athletes from Alger, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgary, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, France, Finland, Great Brita...
World Cup for Clubs in 2024. will be held in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro will hold a CMAS world spearfishing competition again after 61 years. The iconic coastal city of Brazil will be the venue of the 2024 CMAS Spearfishing World Cup of Clubs, to take place from 7th to 10th March, at Marina da Glória...
