1. LEGAL PUBLICATION - SANCTIONS  2. WADA RULES AND INFORMATION The World Antidoping Agency's (WADA) mission is to lead a collaborative worldwide campaign for doping-free sport. WADA works towards a vision of a world where all athletes compete i...

🌊 CMAS participates for the second time in SeaWilding 2026 in Barcelona 🇪🇸🤿 The World Underwater Federation (CMAS) is participating for the second time in SeaWilding 2026, an international gathering bringing together researchers and specialists commi...

This training programme aims to train and certify Scientific Diving Instructors in accordance with CMAS standards, strengthening their scientific, technical, instructional, and safety skills for professional scientific diving activities. The main obj...

Alexandria, Egypt | August 20, 2026. As part of the celebration of the first International Day for Underwater Cultural Heritage and the 25th anniversary of the 2001 UNESCO Convention, the Alexandria Declaration on Underwater Cultural Heritage, "From ...

A worldwide celebration of our shared underwater cultural heritage. The underwater world connects us across borders, cultures and generations. Through diving, exploration, research and education, we share a responsibility to discover, protect and pre...

Ciudad de México a 23 de septiembre de 2026. Durante dos décadas, la CSDI María Clotilde "Coty" Zeckua Ramos ha construido una trayectoria vinculada al Buceo Científico que trasciende la formación de buceadores: su trabajo ha contribuido al desarroll...

In 2001 several countries and organisations signed the UNESCO convention for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage. Of course, CMAS was one of the organisations that fully supported this aim. After these 25 years it is obvious that it is...

From May 14–17, 2026, the coastal waters of Taiwan's Hengchun Peninsula hosted the 2026 CoralWatch Asia Ambassador Workshop, an international training initiative dedicated to strengthening coral reef monitoring, citizen science, and marine conservati...

From June 8th to 24th, the 6th Inter-Semester Summer 2026 Scientific Diving Course will be held through the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), with the endorsement of the Mexican Federation of Underwater Activities and the World Confede...

The International Scientific Diving Colloquium will be held this Friday, June 5th, at 3:00 PM (Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico time). This colloquium is part of the 6th Scientific Diving Course at UABC (Autonomous University of Baja California). It...

Born in 2008, Anna Leonardi, is already making her mark on finswimming history. Last season, the young Italian athlete delivered an outstanding performance by breaking the Junior World Record in the 1500m surface, surpassing a benchmark that had...

On the occasion of the upcoming World Cup stage, we met with Colomba Fourton Bellini, President of the finswimming section of Pays d'Aix Natation since last year. Pays d'Aix Natation embodies the strength of collective performance, a high-performance...

The restoration of Posidonia is critical because these underwater meadows provide essential ecosystem services that are vital for both marine life and humans: Climate Change Mitigation: They act as significant carbon sinks by capturing CO2 and produc...

Taiwan to Host 2026 Asia CoralWatch Ambassador Workshop to Strengthen Reef Conservation. From May 14-17, 2026, the coastal waters of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan, will host the 2026 Asia CoralWatch Ambassador Workshop, an interna...

We are pleased to announce that Billy-Scott Irakoze, Olympian and Education Ambassador from the International Testing Agency (ITA), will be present at the 2026 CMAS World Cup Finswimming Indoor, Lignano to lead an interactive clean sport education bo...

A New Era for the CMAS Underwater Hockey Commission   'I am thrilled to announce my appointment as the CMAS Director of Underwater Hockey. Having been involved in hockey for over 50 years, being a gold medal winning player, coach, referee and te...

At just 22 years old, Hanzhi Guan continues to confirm his place among the world's elite in Finswimming. Representing China and the Guangxi Hosa Finswimming Team, he recently made history at the 2025 CMAS East & West Asian Finswimming Championshi...

Seifeddine Bali, nominated for the Fatima Bint Mubarak Women Sports Award thanks to his dedication to developing women's Finswimming in Tunisia Recognised by the Tunisian National Olympic Committee, coach Seifeddine Bali has been nominated for the pr...

Double world champion at the recent CMAS World Championships in Marina El Alamein, Egypt, now holding eleven individual world titles ! Unbeaten since 2021 in the 3 km bi-fins events, only once in the 1km bi-fins during the same period, Clément Batte ...

Triple World Champion in Open Water and a symbol of inspiration for Egyptian Finswimming Winning a gold medal at home, in front of her own supporters, made the 2025 CMAS Open Water World Championships in Marina El Alamein truly unforgettable for Nada...