page_title: Outline of underwater diving
section_title: Recreational diving
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of underwater diving / Diving activity, by type / Recreational diving
caption_attribution_description: English: Wreck of the Zenobia in Larnaca Cyprus
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to underwater diving:
  Underwater diving – as a human activity, is the practice of descending below the water's surface to interact with the environment.
context_section_description: Recreational diving – Diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment, usually when using scuba equipment
  Technical diving – Extended scope recreational diving
  Cave diving – Underwater diving in water-filled caves
  Doing It Right (scuba diving) – Technical diving safety philosophy
  Shark tourism – Tourism industry based on viewing sharks in their natural habitat
  Shark cage diving – Diving inside a protective cage to observe sharks in the wild
  Shark-proof cage – A metal structure to protect divers and snorkellers from potentially dangerous sharks
  Shark baiting – Attracting sharks by chumming the water
  Underwater photography – Genre of photography
  Underwater sports – Competitive underwater recreational activities
  Aquathlon (underwater wrestling) – Competitive underwater wrestling
  Competitive apnea – Competitive breathhold diving
  Constant weight apnea – Freediving discipline in which the diver descends and ascends only by swimming with the use of fins
  Constant weight without fins – Freediving discipline in which the diver descends and ascends only by swimming without the use of fins
  Dynamic apnea – Freediving disciplines where the breath-hold diver swims horizontally under water with or without fins
  Free immersion apnea – Freediving discipline in which no propulsion equipment is used, but pulling on the rope during descent and ascent is permitted
  No-limits apnea – Freediving discipline in which the diver descends and ascends using their method of choice
  Variable weight apnea – Deep freediving using a weighted sled for descent, pulling along the depth rope for ascent
  Static apnea – A discipline in which the diver holds their breath underwater for as long as possible, and does not need to swim any distance
  Skandalopetra diving – Freediving using a stone weight at the end of a rope to the surface
  Finswimming – Competitive watersport using swimfins for propulsion
  2016 Finswimming World Championships – International competition in Volos, Greece
  2018 Finswimming World Championships – International competition in Belgrade, Serbia
  Apnea finswimming – Underwater swimming in a swimming pool using mask, monofin and holding one's breath.
  Finswimming at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games – Competition  held in Mỹ Đình National Aquatics Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam
  Immersion finswimming – Underwater swimming using mask, monofin and underwater breathing apparatus in a swimming pool
  Spearfishing – Hunting for fish using a spear
  Sport diving (sport) – Underwater sport using recreational open circuit scuba equipment in a swimming pool
  Underwater football – Underwater team sport using snorkeling equipment and an American football
  Underwater hockey – Underwater sport
  Underwater ice hockey – A variant of ice hockey played upside-down underneath frozen pools or ponds on breath-hold
  Underwater orienteering – Underwater compass navigation and speed competition on scuba.
  Underwater photography (sport) – Competitive underwater digital photography on scuba
  Underwater rugby – Game where two teams try to score a negatively buoyant ball into the opponents’ goal at the bottom of a swimming pool on breath-hold
  Underwater target shooting – Breathhold underwater sport of target shooting with a speargun in a swimming pool.
  Wreck diving – Recreational diving on wrecks
caption: Divers on the wreck of the Zenobia
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