With ocean waters being polluted at an astonishing rate, swimmers, divers and surfers are putting their lives at risk simply by entering the water. Vissla and Surfrider have collaborated on a slightly ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Almost all wetsuits are made from neoprene, a soft, synthetic-rubber material that uses closed air cells ...

Divers may soon be able to get a welcome boost to their flutter kicks thanks to an exoskeleton developed by researchers at ...

Fins, breathing machines and wetsuits have taken over the Sands Expo and Convention Center. There's even a 6-foot-6-inch mermaid there, wearing strands of pearls around her neck. Through Saturday, the ...

The ocean is an inhospitable place for soft, land-based human bodies. It’s dark, oxygenless, and, perhaps most intractable of all, really cold. At the pressure of certain depths, neoprene suits will ...

An Australian research firm Thursday launched what is being touted as the world’s first anti-shark wetsuit, using new discoveries about the predators’ eyesight to stave off or evade an attack. Working ...

Waldemar Bruderer, a daring free diving athlete from Switzerland, has set the world record by diving deep under the ice at ...

LAKE SILS, Switzerland – Mr David Vencl emerged from the depths of Switzerland’s Lake Sils on Tuesday after a record dive beneath the ice to a depth of more than 50m without a wetsuit. The 40-year-old ...