Current CMAS and AIDA Freediving World Records

By Kristina Zvaritch and Asya Kleschevnikova

Find current World Record standings for CMAS and AIDA in the table below.

In International Freediving Federations You Need to Know: CMAS vs. AIDA, we discussed the differences between the CMAS and AIDA: two international organizations that have their own educational standards, competition rules, and ratify world records. But one thing was missing from the freediving world - a single page where you could view up-to-date world records from both organizations.

Until now, that is!

On this page, you’ll find the most current AIDA and CMAS World Records, where and when they took place, and their status.

Freediving disciplines we included

There are a lot of freediving disciplines out there - but it’s just not possible to track all of them. So here, we’ll focus only on competitive freediving disciplines that both CMAS and AIDA recognize with similar rules.

Competitive freediving disciplines are disciplines included in official freediving competition programs like the World Championships. When we say similar rules, we mean CMAS and AIDA disciplines with comparable conditions and regulations. So the records we keep track of here will not include speed disciplines, freshwater freediving, under-ice freediving, etc.

How world records are ratified

AIDA and CMAS use the same process when ratifying world records. A world record can be recognized if:

• The dive is witnessed and verified by an international judge with the appropriate status.
• The judge is from a different country than the athlete.
• The athlete passed doping control procedures arranged by WADA.
• A full, uncut video of the attempt from the beginning until the end of the dive has been submitted and approved by CMAS or AIDA. AIDA also requires a bottom camera footage to be submitted for depth disciplines with the bottom plate and tags clearly visible.

Current CMAS and AIDA Freediving World Records

Last update: 6 November 2024

Pending status means that an athlete achieved a world-record level result, but the organization is still waiting on the doping test results.

Discipline	AIDA					Discipline	CMAS
	Date and Place	Competition	Athlete	Result	Status		Date and Place	Competition	Athlete	Result	Status
Pool disciplines
STA - Male	08/06/2009; Hyeres, France	Individual World Record Attempt - MIFSUD Stephane (Static Apnea)	Stéphane Mifsud (FRA)	11 min 35 sec	approved	STA - Male	11/11/2017; Subotica, Serbia		Branko Petrovic (SRB)	10 min 45 sec	approved
STA - Female	21/06/2013; Belgrade, Serbia	Individual AIDA pool World Championships	Natalia Molchanova (RUS)	9 min 02 sec	approved	STA - Female	15/06/2017; Cagliari, Italy	5° Apnea Indoor Open European Championship	Veronika Dittes (AUS)	08 min 53 sec	approved
	27/06/2024 Kaunas, Lithiania	32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship	Heike Schwerdtner (GER)	9 min 07 sec	pending
DNF - Male	01/05/2022; Dębica, Poland	AIDA Polish Freediving Pool Championships	Mateusz Malina (POL)	250 m	approved	DNF - Male	19/06/2019; İstanbul, Turkey	Freediving Indoor European Open Championship	Guillaume Bourdila (FRA)	236 m	approved
							2/05/2024; Lodz, Poland	CMAS World Cup Pool Series – Poland 2024	Mateusz Malina (POL)	238 m	pending
DNF - Female	11/05/2022; Budapest, Hungary	AIDA NoxyCup Hungarian Open Indoor freediving Championship	Magdalena Solich-Talanda (POL)	209 m	approved	DNF - Female	12/06/2022; Belgrade, Serbia	CMAS Freediving Indoor World Championship 2022	Julia Kozerska (POL)	210 m	approved
	21/06/2022; Burgas, Bulgaria	28th AIDA World Championship	Julia Kozerska (POL)	209 m	approved		01/04/2023; Debica, Poland	Polish Freediving Indoor National Open Championship	Julia Kozerska (POL)	210.80 m	approved
	13/06/2023; Jeju, Korea	30th AIDA World Championship	Julia Kozerska (POL)	213 m	approved		06/07/2024; Belgrade, Serbia	CMAS 14th World Championship Freediving Indoor	Julia Kozerska (POL)	211.50 m	pending
DYNB - Male	27/03/2022; Łódź, Poland	Bluego AIDA Mini Comp	Mateusz Malina (POL)	290 m	approved	DYNB - Male	13/06/2022; Belgrade, Serbia	CMAS Freediving Indoor World Championship 2022	Guillaume Bourdila (FRA)	274.70 m	approved
							05/03/2023; Rijeka, Croatia	Adriatic Pool Trophy 2023	Goran Čolak (HRV)	275.9 m	approved
							10/05/2023; Kuwait	Kuwait CMAS World Freediving Indoor Championship 2023	Goran Čolak (HRV)	292.15 m	approved
DYNB - Female	2/05/2022; Dębica, Poland	AIDA Polish Freediving Pool Championships	Magdalena Solich-Talanda (POL)	243 m	approved	DYNB - Female	25/03/2023; Zagreb, Croatia	Croatian Open Cup	Mirela Kardasevic (HRV)	258.5 m	approved
							10/05/2023 Kuwait	Kuwait CMAS World Freediving Indoor Championship 2023	Magdalena Solich-Talanda (POL)	263.64 m	approved
DYN - Male	24/06/2022; Burgas, Bulgaria	28th AIDA World Championship	Guillaume Bourdila (FRA)	301 m	approved	DYN - Male	15/06/2022; Belgrade, Serbia	CMAS Freediving Indoor World Championship 2022	Mateusz Malina (POL)	321.43 m	approved
	24/08/2024; Goyangsi, Republic of Korea	2024 AIDA Asian Pool Championship	Ming (William Joy) Jin	307 m	pending
DYN - Female	10/04/2022; Zlín, Czech Republic	AIDA International Czech Championship in freediving	Magdalena Solich-Talanda (POL)	277 m	approved	DYN - Female	15/06/2022; Belgrade, Serbia	CMAS Freediving Indoor World Championship 2022	Mirela Kardasevic (HRV)	275.36 m	approved
							06/07/2024; Belgrade, Serbia	CMAS 14th World Championship Freediving Indoor	Mirela Kardasevic (HRV)	282 m	pending
Depth disciplines
CNF - Male	14/07/2016; Long Island, Bahamas	World Record Attempt - William Trubridge	William Trubridge (NZ)	102 m	approved	CNF - Male	06/10/2022; Kaş, Turkey	CMAS 6th Freediving Outdoor World Championship 2022	Petar Klovar (HRV)	94 m	approved
							24/08/2023; Roatan, Honduras	CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	100 m	approved
CNF - Female	22/07/2018; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2018	Alessia Zecchini (ITA)	73 m	approved	CNF - Female	30/09/2022; Kaş, Turkey	Kaş Baska Freediving World Cup	Mirela Kardasevic (Croatia)	75 m	approved
	21/07/2023; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Kateryna Sadurska (UKR)	74 m	pending
	26/07/2023; Long Island; Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Kateryna Sadurska (UKR)	76 m	pending		24/08/2023; Roatan, Honduras	CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023	Kateryna Sadurska (UKR)	78 m	approved
	29/07/2023: Long Island; Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Kateryna Sadurska (UKR)	77 m	pending
FIM - Male	11/08/2022; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2022 AIDA	Mateusz Malina (POL)	127 m	approved	FIM - Male	04/10/2022; Kaş, Turkey	CMAS 6th Freediving Outdoor World Championship 2022	Petar Klovar (Croatia)	132 m	approved
	17/05/2023; Lapu-Lapu, Philippines	AIDA IDA ASIA Depth Challenge	Petar Klovar (HRV)	128 m	approved
	21/07/2023; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	133 m	pending
	27/09/2023; Limassol, Cyprus	31st AIDA Freediving World Championship	Petar Klovar (HRV)	135 m	approved
FIM - Female	16/10/2019; Curacao, Netherlands	AIDA OceanQuest Curaçao	Alessia Zecchini (ITA)	98 m	approved	FIM - Female	17/07/2021; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2021 CMAS	Alessia Zecchini (ITA)	101 m	approved
	15/05/2023; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	AIDA Freediving World Cup May 2023	Sanda Delija (HRV)	98 m	approved		19/04/2024 Camotes, Phillipines	Camotes Freediving Challenge 2024	Alessia Zecchini (ITA)	104 m	pending
	25/07/2023; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Fatima Korok (HUN)	102 m	pending
CWTB - Male	09/08/2022; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2022 AIDA	Arnaud Jerald (FRA)	120 m	approved	CWTB - Male	22/07/2021; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2021 CMAS	Alexey Molchanov (RUS)	118 m	approved
	26/05/2023; San Francisco, Philippines	AIDA OCEANQUEST PHILIPPINES	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	121 m	approved
	20/07/2023; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Arnaud Jerald (FRA)	122 m	pending		25/08/2023; Roatan, Honduras	CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023	Abdelatif Alouach (FRA)	119 m	approved
	24/09/2023; Limassol, Cyprus	31st AIDA Freediving World Championship	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	123 m	approved		25/08/2023; Roatan, Honduras	CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	124 m	approved
	10/09/2024 Ajaccio, France	33rd AIDA Freediving World Championship	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	125m	pending
CWTB - Female	29/03/2023; Moalboal, Philippines	Secretblue AIDA Freediving depth competition	Alessia Zecchini (ITA)	109 m	approved	CWTB - Female	30/09/2021; Kaş, Turkey	Kaş Baska Freediving World Cup	Alenka Artnik (SVN)	106 m	approved
	26/07/2023: Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Alenka Artnik (SVN)	109 m	pending
	30/07/2023: Long Island; Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Alenka Artnik (SVN)	111 m	pending
CWT - Male	18/07/2018; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2018	Alexey Molchanov (RUS)	130 m	approved	CWT - Male	13/07/2021; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2021 CMAS	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	131 m	approved
	22/07/2023; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2023	Alexey Molchanov (RUS)	133 m	pending		30/06/2023; Villefranche-sur-Mer, France	CMAS 10th Outdoor Freediving French Championship	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	133 m	approved
	29/09/2023; Limassol, Cyprus	31st AIDA Freediving World Championship	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	136 m	approved		21/08/2023; Roatan, Honduras	CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023	Andrey Matveenko (INT)	134 m	approved
							21/08/2023; Roatan, Honduras	CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023	Alexey Molchanov (INT)	136 m	approved
CWT - Female	07/11/2020; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	AIDA Blue Week Competition	Alenka Artnik (SVN)	114 m	approved	CWT - Female	21/07/2021; Long Island, Bahamas	Vertical Blue 2021 CMAS	Alenka Artnik (SVN)	122 m	approved
	24/05/2023; San Francisco, Philippines	AIDA OCEANQUEST PHILIPPINES	Alessia Zecchini (ITA)	123 m	approved

Help us keep track

We want to track these records to make information about freediving more accessible (and also to make freediving fans’ lives easier!). We’ll update this list of records as often as possible, along with marking the date of the last update for reference.

But we can always use your help! If you see something missing or notice a discrepancy, let us know by emailing a link to the official results page from CMAS or AIDA to asya@molchanovs.com. We’ll double-check the information and update the table accordingly.