Adam Stern 104 metre dive in Dominica

My 104 metre constant weight dive at the Blue Element Freediving Competition. The dive itself felt great and easy and we were diving in such stunning conditions. The dive site itself is a volcanic crater and we had very deep water very close to the shore.

[@Neuro_6]

Wow, I just set a new personal record on holding my breath for 2,5 minutes at the dinner table while watching this... phew! Amazing video

[@airstry2828]

Seeing the safety of todays deep dives makes it enjoyable to watch , i think diving to 100m is crazy :)

[@AdamFreediver]

Nathan Cornelius hahaha just a little crazy 😜 but yeah I personally would have been more hesitant to do these dives years ago before the safety wasn't as developed

[@stevenlarratt3638]

@@AdamFreediver i am suprised that the line isnt retrived as you come back to the surface behind you so any issues at the press of a button you can be retrieved

[@apertex2323]

Never seen a youtuber this active in a comment section, i might be a little late but props to you! And congratulations on the dive!

[@AdamFreediver]

thanks so much buddy! Well I kind of figured that if people write to me I may as well take the time to write back :)

[@deonb6106]

Really inspiring to see your expertise, your power and speed on the ascent, and your always-on sense of fun and humour - on a day that was a disappointing one for me. Despite being more than capable of deeper dives, my equalisation proved to be my Achilles heel, and I wasn't able to descend below 8 or 9 metres and so could not complete Wave 1. But I've seen your excellent advice on equalisation, and will be back after working it out. Thanks for the great work you do for freediving worldwide Adam Stern!

[@shadylady308]

bro idk why but i always tear up a bit when the buddys dive to the surface together with the diver its so wholesome😂😭

[@AdamFreediver]

it can definitely be emotional. After a big dive the relief is huge :)

[@shadylady308]

right, thinking about it twice i actually know why:D this whole thing would be unbelievably dangerous without being able to rely on other people to keep you save. theres a lot of trust involved aswell (i bet -no experience). it's also easily underestimated just by seeing someone dive this way how tough it actually is. i can barely imagine this much water about my head. so the moment the others join the diver and 3 fish people dive to the surface im just really proud of everybody und so happy for them. tldr: congratulations on being so awesome and thanks a lot for filming it!

[@miroslavblagojevic2402]

You are the one of the best deep divers ever. ❤

[@Sweatyballs34]

It is extremely pleasant to see how communicative to your subscribers you are! I just tried out the dive mask again that I said I couldn't equalize easily with, and I was able to do it just fine after some breaking in. I'm heading to the springs soon with my new gear. Your breathing exercises with the 4 minute markers have increased my time from a little under 1 minute to 1 and 55 seconds. I wish I could take a free-diving class of yours, but I am currently trying to save up for college. Thanks for your tips and motivation to go out there and have fun. I'll let you know the depth I was able to go down too when I get back! Keep up the awesome videos, man!

[@AdamFreediver]

thanks so much man! I really love getting feedback/messages like that :) I'm stoked it all worked out well for you and an almost 2 minute breath hold is not too shabby! ;)

[@Sweatyballs34]

The exercise today got me to 2:03. Going to Ichetucknee springs in Florida, friday. The water depth is around 50 feet so if I feel comfortable I'll see how deep I can go! Let you know the results!

[@shikkishiraishi6758]

How you doing with your time? :)

[@jimmygfat]

Loved the majestic shots of the diver going down into the deep blue abyss, risking all and also really loved the constant cut in shots of ordinary people above water waiting, doing nothing. Meanwhile, daring diver is needing every ounce of precious oxygen, then cutting back to people hanging out, doing nothing, but using precious oxygen.

[@AdamFreediver]

hahahahaha Well origionally I intended it to be a show of what was going on during the surface but I suppose there's that element too! :)

[@MiMiOrt]

I absolutely LOVE watching these kind of videos lately. I normally can't sleep at night but watching the 'unseen' beauty of the ocean and the movements of the divers sort of have a calming effect on me. I couldn't perform this until I get over my fear of me diving in and something comes from beneath me and pulls me down until I cant breath So Until then I'll just continue watching...

[@AdamFreediver]

Ah that's so nice! take your time and whenever you're ready you'll be a deep diving breath holding machine :)

[@MiMiOrt]

B4 I 4got , U're so awesome and positive. Thank u 4 those kind words.

[@Henry-ok6cd]

Legendary dive dude! it's always a great inspiration to watch you being so calm and focused only to surface and have a massive grin on your face!

[@lenasutherland5035]

Unbelievable! truly! Beyond impressive. Well, well done, Adam!

[@AdamFreediver]

thank you so much :)

[@jasonbagshaw5345]

I'm soo glad I found your channel your such a champ! Great work dude

[@javansarmiento7151]

the human body is incredible...i could barely breathe just watching the video

[@botasebas]

Congratulations! You deserve maxim respect!

[@dr.s.p.]

My oh my! It is still so incredible and jaw dropping to watch. I might be late in commenting but - Salutations!

[@ednoferreira9611]

Man, That's unbelievable, Amazing!!

[@AdamFreediver]

thanks so much :)

[@Heart2HeartBooks]

More than a foot ball field down. Insane.

[@bengarvey1956]

I can't believe you can do that ita insane I wish I could get that good at it im only new and you've already helped me beat my Pb breath hold your awesome man got support man

[@zeenoomoto4199]

I really wish i can do freedive too. A couple of meters would make me proud of myself.

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Did 104 meters came up like it was just a stroll at the corner store , amazing

[@erwin6877]

Hey Adam big fan I was wondering if you’ve ever done any free diving in Washington. I thought it would be cool if you did a dive at lake crescent. It’s about 650 ft deep. But the water is glacier water so it’s crystal clear blue. I only recently started free diving but I think you would love it

[@TobeyKai]

What an astonishing feat! I hope one day I’ll be able to dive. 🙏. A subarachnoid brain hemorrhage stopped me in my tracks right as I started learning. One day. One day. This is solid inspiration Adam.

[@AdamFreediver]

Thanks so much Tobey! I hope you'll be able to dive very very soon!

[@TobeyKai]

Adam Freediver you’re such an inspiration. 🙏 💜. And such a wonderful speaker. One day I hope you’ll hear my song Ondine, it’s dedicated to the ocean. 💜 it’s on my channel. Love 💕💕

[@satours2052]

Hey how are you doing today? Hope you are doing well😀🍻

[@Lochlanist]

I always find your technique at the beginning from when you finish your breath up through your duck dive so interesting. You rush through it a lot quicker then other divers. There's quiet a few moments in your dive where you don't do the generic slow minimal movements but almost seem to be rapidly pushing through points. I find it fascinating but maybe I'm talking from a points of ignorance.

[@miz.janisesimpson6174]

Yeaaa Adam U Did IT!!!!😂 I felt like I was doing it w u ..I have A Fear of water But You ..U Encourage Me So Much 2 Overcome & Conquer That Fear I Just Recently Found Ur Videos and I think Ur Amazing !!Thank u For Sharing Ur Experience w us All I'm on my way 2 watching Some more of ur videos !!😊👀👏👍

[@AdamFreediver]

Thank you so much! I'm so happy to inspire you to get into the water :)

[@jennyj8185]

Hello Adam thanks for making all great vids 🙏 do you have any plan to visit Dahab for freediving training or competition next year?

[@Aletchou]

Great video, and what amazing speed for the way up, you're really swimming fast !

[@AdamFreediver]

thank you! Yeah I really do love kicking fast into my fin! It usually takes me 60 seconds to swim 100m

[@faigaoto2583]

Amazing. Respect to you champ! I can only make it knee high then seek dry land 😂

[@AdamFreediver]

haha thanks buddy! there's nothing wrong with being a land mammal ;)

[@dc1674]

Such an accomplishment!

[@AdamFreediver]

thanks so much Dan!

[@ctrlaltdelete200390]

Was expecting you to come up laughing as you always do. Good work!

[@yazanhusein2086]

Adam you are Awesome 😍😍😍 .... But How you get the last breath ?

[@Savogre]

Hi, Adam! Like your videos very much! Of course I've never dived so deep. I live near the Black Sea (city called Odessa). Our sea is quite cold and not so deep as some of our local freedivers would like it to be. Sometimes we rent a boat and go to the sea to look for 20-30 m deep. And there we do our constant weights))) As for me I've never practised with the monofin. But it seems to this video you moved too fast with your monofin. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Wish you more wins and nice videos!

[@AdamFreediver]

Sounds like you live in a beautiful place :) When it comes to ascent speeds it really is a matter of preference and whatever your body has been trained to do. The trend at the moment is to sprint up from deep dives and more and more divers are doing it whereas in the past divers used to come up slowly and more relaxed.

[@cledwynfernandes9493]

watched your video and i am amazed. You are the best man. I want to learn freediving but i read too much content on blackouts, so it kind of makes me nervous... :(

[@AdamFreediver]

Ah I wouldnt get too nervous about blackouts they really only happen on deeper dives. Just make sure you take a freediving course so that you know how to dive safe :) I'd love to come to Goa but I'm not sure I can get there just yet! :)

[@Savogre]

Congrats!

[@pilgerengel]

Amazing! You make it look easy but it is not at all! You insane australian freediver!!! Very good video

[@AdamFreediver]

hahahah thanks buddy!!! :)

[@ookiemand]

Wonderful job!

[@AdamFreediver]

ookiemand thank you :) descent 1:50 ascent 1:20

[@CyrusDastoor]

Beautiful....

[@NikoNemo]

Amazing!

[@AdamFreediver]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Bahistangspearo]

Wow,nice sir adam

[@joshmcnulty5950]

I know this is an old vid Adam but what’s the deepest you’ve dived? I have watched almost all of your videos and I would like to eventually meet you + go on one of your dive weeks! I have done freediving for a while now but with no proper training (apart from your videos + practising yoga for 2 years) I would love to learn so much more to eventually dive deeper and swim with whales/sharks/wrecks etc.

[@rafiapeng1436]

Good job Adam! I wanna ask how to dive deep without getting my lung squeezed or barotrauma injury? Right now i could dive to 31m in bi-fins but my instructor won't allow me to go deeper

[@AdamFreediver]

Rafi Apeng by progressing slowly over many years your body will adapt to the pressure and you won't get lung barotrauma. Just trust your instructor 😉

[@hahahshs5169]

Made that look easy!

[@AdamFreediver]

It definitely felt easy :) but it always does when you're ready for the depth

[@timfenton7469]

Fantastic!

[@AdamFreediver]

Tim Fenton thanks buddy

[@RiggingDoctor]

Just WOW!!

[@AdamFreediver]

Thank you :)

[@huxll4155]

You didnt see one fish down there huh

[@AdamFreediver]

haha none

[@geist41334]

Adam Freediver Just don't think about what may have seen you 😂

[@animalover9000]

He was the fish

[@alive1691]

This is so amazing!😲 There is just one thing I don't understand: How does the air get out of your ears when your nose is closed...?

[@durim187]

It doesnt. It just equalises the presure. Search for frenzel equalisation.

[@jesusjaencordero8601]

todo un crack!!!

[@AdamFreediver]

Jesus Jaen Cordero 😊😊

[@enigma9789]

So glad to see this, I recently watched a video of a "deep freedive" but the dude was carried down by a sled. some bs if you ask me.

[@anthon2915]

That’s not bs, just a different category of freediving

[@dominicbarbas4183]

Incredible man I would be happy to make 30m. Lol

[@AdamFreediver]

dominic barbas thank you :)

[@humboldtrootz]

Did you have to burp as part as a post dive med check, I saw the white card thing and I was wondering? Good job man. My dad taught me how to abalone dive at a young age it was a lot of fun and damn good eats too. I live about 5 hours north of San Francisco.

[@AdamFreediver]

Humboldt Rootz haha no the burp was part of the surface protocol. I just had to burp! And yes abalone are delicious!

[@dazhmashah1445]

Nice adam.. But wht is the technique that u use before u dive into the water.. Is it mouth fill? Frc? Sorry im level 1 freediver.. I just knw to do hyperventilation.. And my depth is 20m, but im interested to dive more deeper than 30m. If u can share the tips or guide. Thanks

[@connieaugustus6452]

My country wow nice adam

[@marjoriedelosreyes3544]

new subscriber here! you are inspirational

[@AdamFreediver]

thank you so much!!! :)

[@andrewvillanueva4222]

unbelievable amazing

[@AdamFreediver]

Andrew Villanueva thanks buddy :)

[@christopheleray09]

hahah so good, love the music :)

[@AdamFreediver]

Christophe Leray haha in a huge dramatic

[@christopheleray09]

***** :)

[@dancekinghoseok4608]

beautiful

[@AdamFreediver]

Dance king Hoseok thank you :)

[@danysaoub]

Hi nice video ; I'm having problems equilazing one ear in head down position ; when I reach bottom I can equalize normally ; the problem that I can will hear my ear ringing for the next 36 hours

[@AdamFreediver]

dany saoub sounds like you have one sticky or tight ear. The ringing you're hearing is because of the trauma you're causing by not equalising your ears fully. Try to descend nice and slow, don't continue descending unless both your ears are equalised fully and over time you will increase the flexibility of your Eustachian tubes :)

[@tremnoxfox8336]

My ear bled after my diving, however, there is no pain or hearing loss. Felt pain when i descend my left ear is easier to equalise then my right therefore even after my left ear has been equalised i have to keep blowing harder to equalise my right and advice?

[@buddi420]

I'm pretty new to freediving but I love to be in the water and dive around the bottom of the sea, but the thing that I am wondering is how you equalize with your hands stretched out above your head while diving? Aren't you supposed to pinch your nose with your hand to be able to do that?

[@AdamFreediver]

I'm wearing a nose clip so that I dont have to pinch my nose :)

[@deenanthekemoni9821]

why do they have to really swim downward to fet deeper UNTIL a certain point where the darkness seems to just start pulling them down.. any explenations as to why this happens. im assuming has to do with water pressure compared to pressure in his body?

[@AdamFreediver]

DeenanTheKemon Angevine absolutely. It's more about water pressure to lung volume though. The air spaces in the body shrink until you can just sink the rest of the way

[@SerenityScratch]

DeenanTheKemon I because water pressure exists

[@carlapaperdoll]

Woooow! 😍

[@autospeed3930]

Can you give me some advices about how can I improve my breathing? I am new to free diving, but I love it. Just that I feel when I go under water that I can’t stay longer than 10 seconds.

[@Arrica101]

im not a free diver myself but ill bet the top 2 tips are to relax as much as you can and improve your overall fitness. If you relax you dont waste nearly as much oxygen and the better your fitness the better you can utilize that oxygen

[@stetsonbruce9575]

I'm getting back into diving and snorkeling I've been out for a while but does anyone know if equalizing with water already in your ear is harmful or not I've tried looming on Google and can't find anything

[@AdamFreediver]

yeah it usually just leads to a middle ear infection....try not to do it :)

[@skyflakes2784]

perfect

[@Bahistangspearo]

Someday I'll be like you..wow awesome

[@AdamFreediver]

thank you buddy :) I hope we can dive together one day

[@ilhamperdana1433]

does the nosecLip heLp you equaLizing significantLy than when you equaLize using standard mask?

[@AdamFreediver]

for deep dives it can because it means that you dont have to equalise the mask :)

[@minnil7927]

I swim collegiate d1 level and I really like your kick and how u use your upper body

[@mickeunoNorge]

Why is there comming burps when he comes back. Can anyone explain?

[@FlatWoodsDreamin]

How many times did you have to equalize? I know this was years ago but I just stumbled on your videos your tutorials on equalization have helped me a ton!

[@AdamFreediver]

for this dive around 40 times

[@zander4662]

Adam Freediver do you have a link on how to do this?

[@thomasm.woldjakobsen.9563]

😳hva faen in Norwegian or wtf😳. You just god a guy with the worst ADD ever to watch something for several minutes. That was awsome

[@jaymartinez2181]

Omg this video just makes me want to catch my breath, and panic I love the ocean but I’m so afraid of it ..

[@marcelaguarumo5559]

Well done boy!!!

[@AdamFreediver]

thanks so much!

[@marcelaguarumo5559]

Adam thanks so much for your answer, that help me to feel free for ask you about your freediving tips, all the videos before help me soo much, to know little things that I really did not know. I have done AIDA level 2, and I want to improve our inmersions for training with my freediving buddy. I would like so much, if you help with a tutorial wich explain, how is the perfect weight to fix the freediving buoy, and how we can prepare it easy, staying into the water. I am talking about 16 mt that come into with AIDA level 2, we had try, but we have some doubts about the perfect way to do that, because when we are doing the course, we were worry about reach the goals of the level, not mucho how to tie the ropes and put the weight hehehe. If you can help me with this before 14 of august would be nice. We are going to training to the beauty Island of Sardignia in Itally. Any way, thanks for your atention, and for your videos. You have beaaaaautiful dive in your 104 mts in Dominica keep it up!!!

[@davidvetter9225]

Still awesome.

[@antoniorodrigueztoledo77]

Im a fan. The dive seemed a little bit rush but nice work.

[@stanzies3668]

What did you say after the ok signal?

[@AdamFreediver]

DCLXVI Hahahaha I said m*ther f*cker hahahaha

[@stanzies3668]

Adam Freediver 😂😂😂

[@NK2651]

Why? the guy was only trying to help.

[@rud69420]

@@NK2651 Don't think it was aimed at anyone. Just an exclamation.

[@codyhendricks6927]

Hey does anyone know why when people freedive after a certain depth they seem like they don't even have to swim anymore. That they just keep falling. Anytime I've snorkled in Hawaii and maybe only have went down thirty or so meters my lungs were full of air and even had to let some of the breath out to go that deep. Kept seeming like I had to fight to go deeper.

[@AdamFreediver]

Hey cody, eventually when you get deep enough the air in your lungs compresses to the point where you no long float but rather sink :)

[@codyhendricks6927]

Adam Freediver Damn dude thank you for the reply buddy.

[@judekarthick]

How can take long breath ?

[@peterbyrne3228]

Well cool

[@Eyes_of_Oryx]

? Where is the thumbnail in the video?

[@abdiasj8726]

how come he doesn't floats back to the surface while going down?

[@AdamFreediver]

because after 20-30m I become negatively buoyant in the water at my lungs compress

[@mirrormoney1.29]

I've been there it was amazing

[@AdamFreediver]

Mirror Money1.2 yeah it's such a stunning place :)

[@roadracer247]

Ever cough or sneeze while diving deep?

[@deadsoulgaming6768]

i have maxed out my depth at 80 feet(how deep the lakes are around me) i always wanted to go deep but never get the chance.

[@AdamFreediver]

Time to get yourself an airfair my friend

[@deadsoulgaming6768]

I was thinking Fiji but not sure yet

[@ahmednaish869]

I have started freediving quite recently, the deepest i could hit was about 15 meters and i couldn't go any deeper no matter what i tried :(

[@AdamFreediver]

You should take a freediving course :)

[@mejdimaamer9529]

Beautiful perf, speed is very impressing I guess that's how you train

[@AdamFreediver]

Mejdi Maamer yeah I do most of my pool training at a sprint :)

[@thesuperiorbench6307]

That was an easy dive for u :)

[@AdamFreediver]

certainly was :)

[@misterari]

You guys free divers don't stop (at, say, 5m) before you can resurface? You just ascend, no stop? Don't know much about this but I did couple of scuba diving in the past. That's incredible

[@AdamFreediver]

ari h. ado no, there isn't a need to stop when you're not breathing underwater :)

[@misterari]

Thanks Adam one more thing I am wondering how long it took you AKA how long you hold breath diving that depth. Again that's incredible man!

[@AdamFreediver]

Thanks buddy! My dive time for this dive was 3 minutes and 7 seconds :)

[@OtisJCW]

Basically the difference is that when you scuba dive, you breath in pressurised air because you are at depth, and because your blood and this gas is under pressure at say 20m (triple the pressure of atmosphere on land), your blood dissolves more nitrogen (N2) gas. If you come up quickly this gas rapidly leaves your blood and forms micro nitrogen bubbles in you joints, since at a lower pressure your blood cannot have so much nitrogen dissolved in it, so you need to come up slowly and wait at 5m so the nitrogen comes out slowly, and doesn't give you decompression sickness. Because you only have a small about of pressurised air in your lungs (1/3 of a lung full rather than a full lungs worth with scuba) and because you are down there for much less time (3mins at), your blood nitrogen concentration in your blood doesn't get to a high enough level to cause issues with you ascending so quickly. Basically freediving involves less nitrogen and less time for that nitrogen to be dissolved = safe levels of nitrogen in your blood during a dive, whereas scuba is lots of nitrogen (12L of 200bar air) and prolonged time underwater = lots of nitrogen in your blood, and if that nitrogen leaves your blood quickly bad things happen. It's a bit complex but that's the basic gist.

[@misterari]

Thank you for taking time for a clear explanation, that's a gem!

[@thesuperiorbench6307]

In constant weight are u allowed to touch the rope cause u did that at the bottom

[@AdamFreediver]

Bob Jeffry yes you can pull it once at the bottom :)

[@PickledShark]

Im stoked to get to 104 feet....

[@mirnagoldberger6865]

Keith Thorne bruh I'm happy when I can touch the floor on an 8 foot deep swimming pool 😂

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

104 inches

[@orsweinofficial7412]

Freediving is helping me vs. my depression.

[@allersfera]

Approximately how many times did you have to equalize?

[@AdamFreediver]

hahaha about 30-40 times

[@Vinswong]

30-40 time. How u equalize?

[@allersfera]

probably using the frenzel technique

[@giornogamer3618]

how do you do that thats crazy deep

[@AdamFreediver]

years of training my friend :)

[@lasagnaravioli]

You were paddling so hard on the way up. Almost like you wanted to breath

[@trashmike7642]

Adam Ssstern ladies and gentlemen.

[@AdamFreediver]

hahahahahah :P

[@abdulims4877]

He is real Treanor,,

[@issactogia8269]

What is the best diving mask and which one is your favorite? I'm really having trouble what to get.

[@AdamFreediver]

there is no such thing as the best mask :) you just have to try a bunch of them on and see which ones fit your face best

[@samanthacook9648]

Silicone merman tail made for a god. Go!

[@AdamFreediver]

hahahahaha next deep dive will be done with a sparkly mermaid tail!

[@samanthacook9648]

Adam Freediver "Sparkly" or "magical?" Seriously, LOVE the videos and instructionals! Majorly inspiring for newbies. Thanks!

[@frostywest]

couple a burbs and some foul language Classic well done mate inspiring stuff

[@AdamFreediver]

frostywest haha thanks buddy! No one ever accused me of being classy :P

[@aghtu]

no blackout??

[@AdamFreediver]

Amos Tutuola of course not. Easy dive :)

[@Blarisa]

"A couple of burps a bit of foul language" 😂

[@kennykirk1686]

Great job, hope I get my freediving to this level

[@AdamFreediver]

all you gotta do is train :)

[@kennykirk1686]

Adam Freediver believe me I will, just gotta move closer to the water

[@AdamFreediver]

Ninja Assassin it's a little different doing breath holds in and out of the water but it all still helps :) just go nice and slow