skin diving
noun
variants
or less commonly skin-diving
: the activity or sport of swimming beneath the surface of the water especially at considerable depth without a portable breathing device : free diving
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Also known as apnea, breath holding, or skin diving, freediving is the act of holding one’s breath underwater without a breathing apparatus.
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Women's Health, 31 July 2023
The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. Saturday while the man was body boarding and skin diving, authorities said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 June 2021
The next two monsters — each, more than two feet long — required 40 minutes of skin diving.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
As a boy growing up in the Philippines, his dad, who was with the State Department, would frequently take him skin diving.
—Nelson Coffin, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2018
Women's Health, 31 July 2023
The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. Saturday while the man was body boarding and skin diving, authorities said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 June 2021
The next two monsters — each, more than two feet long — required 40 minutes of skin diving.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
As a boy growing up in the Philippines, his dad, who was with the State Department, would frequently take him skin diving.
—Nelson Coffin, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2018
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