Aquarius: Freediving the Dream - The Amazing Dives of the World

Note: Aquarius was taken over by FIU after the making of this video and has been om operation, being an indispensable resource for countless research and experiments.
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Discover the dream home of 9-time Freediving World Champion, Yasemin Dalkilic as she takes us to the Aquarius habitat, the world's oldest underwater laboratory. Aquarius has been home to 115 missions where Aquanauts, living and working from Aquarius, have made important scientific discoveries, but regardless, after 26 years of service, Aquarius is being closed down, a sad reminder that ocean conservation is not a top priority in today's world.
Join Yasemin as she pays Aquarius one of its last visits and experience this amazing structure first hand!
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[@theamazingdives]

Thanks for all the nice words. A pleasure to share these with people as passionate as us for diving.

[@ThunderLips730]

halcncod keeping it classy I see

[@elijahstewart1333]

theamazingdives why are the fish not scared? She is one with nature

[@gerardsweeting2533]

I've noticed that most people that make underwater videos do superb jobs , but this just leaves me speechless . Just beautiful :)

[@charliechaplin1058]

I could watch all your videos a thousand times and still love them

[@nyldek]

what a marvelous and wondrous thing! hope they preserve it!

[@michellemead8113]

I wish there were more people like you who love the ocean so much , it's a awesome place .

[@exhebece]

fantastic tour, inspiring words and vision. not only should we strive to keep Aquarius operational.. there should be more

[@greeksalad4783]

Yasemin has amazing breath control!

[@charlieramler1922]

Nbvvxcxxdg+ggggggjjshhxy .

[@oldaccount5757]

I just read the book deep, by James nestor... it talks all about Aquarius, Everybody! Aquarius is still functioning under the international university of Florida, it was negotiated and is functioning as from September 2013, if you don't believe me look it up. Please leave a like for this useful information (this video is outdated)

[@danielmacario12]

This is just the best video I've seen in years. Incredible work, so captivating!

[@darlingnikki1353]

Absolutely poetic! 😊 I 💙 Aquarius!

[@315269f]

just amazing..we proud of you yasmin

[@AriefLatif]

Beautifully shot and narrated piece. Thank you for sharing this with the rest of us.

[@ChrisIssac]

This was Beautiful…yet so sad. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@hadiloui8155]

Just Wonderful!!! a piece of dream world in reality

[@Yoyimojo]

Wow! Thank you for sharing that amazing experience, I felt at home watching this video because I often dive the keys and it's a privilege for someone to really expose it's beauty like this. Great job!

[@bluewinkle123]

wow! That would've been amazing to visit. So sad that it was taken down apart at the end of last year! Thanks for posting this footage.

[@blueank06]

Yasemin DALKILIÇ videolarının çoğunu izledim enfes doğrusu tebrikler bu çekimler için. Bu haftasonu serbest dalış eğitimi alacağım doğrusu bu dünyayı keşfetme arzumu daha artırdın. Sevgiler

[@DMX-PAT]

Someone needs to build a new Aquarius, free to use for anyone!!

[@angelathomas9120]

Please make more videos, they are absolutely amazing!

[@Doujana]

Loved this place !! it's amazing :((

[@skyeehrhart2243]

I am really going to miss Aquarius, I live in the Caribbean, where Teck Tight used to be. I have dived there multiple times, and I miss what used to be there, I cant imagine loosing Aquarius.

[@TheDotaRoom]

Aw this is very sad. Great video!

[@SantaFeSandy]

This is a breathtakingly beautiful production Yasemin. Thank you so much. Your love of our creation is like a breath of fresh air, life giving! My heart is troubled however, at the idea that this structure would be disassembled after being there so long as to allow so many life forms to call it home. It would be a crime to take it away now. Do I understand that the underwater center may well be staying put? Please tell me it is so. I will Google for info on it now too.

[@NerdyScubaDiver]

Love your narration and the nurse shark! Subbed!

[@nedamerter9897]

Well done Yas thanks for sharing the beautiful underwater :) xoxo

[@KAIZENFREEDIVING]

Love your editing skills! And the storytelling as well!

[@gozdeozel4320]

love it.how I wish living like thiss. woww wonderful job.

[@theamazingdives]

Seems that it's true! What wonderful news! Seems that all the efforts that the fans of Aquarius have put has paid off finally.

[@lolorenteria9853]

What a dream. Perfect video. Thank you for sharing.

[@EnduranceSwimmer]

Just added your channel to my Featured Channel list. Looking forward to your next video, they are outstanding. Keep up the good work:).

[@Urho27]

Amazing dive

[@danr6146]

I am in love with that place ! Hopefullythereare more of them around - it's ashame to see it being shut Down .. Hmmm I want a house like that !

[@animalinteractions]

cok guzel be yer Yasemin! Aferin sana!

[@__-pl3jg]

Amazing! I've been wanting to build something like this, but smaller.

[@subman719]

Wow! Very fascinating and amazing diving! VERY SAD to see Aquarius go! :(

[@ChuckyWright]

love this video man! I am just getting into the world of free diving and its amazing

[@emmaliketotally]

these videos always make me hold my breath looool

[@markbarton6689]

Good to know! It was such a cool video and then it takes that slightly depressing turn, just wanted the viewers to know that there is still hope! Ill be sure to let Jim see this video, in case he hasn't already!

[@londones3]

That is freacking awesome

[@theamazingdives]

Thanks for your nice words. And yes I had added this great news about 3 months ago but understandable some comments stay unnoticed sometimes. The good news will make it to the longer version of the documentary.

[@markbarton6689]

Awesome video! But i should make a slight correction. When this video was made the fate of the Aquarius had been decided. But thanks to other marine life enthusiasts and researchers who decided this magnificent piece of equipment could not be decommissioned, it is still in use! Dr. Jim Fourqurean of Florida International University has bought the Aquarius and taken it under his wing. It will stay in use for the foreseeable future!

[@giovanniprofeta3699]

Excellent doc,

[@TheZacdes]

Yes, with no weight to equalize bouyancy, you have to work harder to stay down...in relatively shallow water! Go deep enough and as air is squeezed and compressed, you sink quite fast!! Same with tanks!!

[@quake2u]

Love your videos.

[@x12uShh]

Wow, I had no idea NOAA had shut this down. My marine bio teacher had the opportunity to conduct research in Aquarius.

[@YuzmeKosuFitness]

when i came across somehow and started watching the video i said " what a familiar accent type she has.she does not sound an american or european" with my inner voice. then i read the description,and i noticed that we are form the same country :=) really attractive documentry.

[@GreenWaterStudio]

...beautiful.

[@yasemindalkilic]

From the surface. When you are diving having taken the breath on the surface, you don't get the bends (except some extreme depth time scenarios). Bends is a much bigger risk when you breathe compressed air.

[@crazyhippie69]

awesome video, i would give everything to dive there! long live aquarius

[@skimenruslan]

How much can you stay under water without air?

[@theamazingdives]

A bit over 6 minutes if I don't move. But the more i move the more oxygen I consume and less it becomes. Usually my dives are about 2:30 - 3 minutes.

[@skimenruslan]

theamazingdives well done

[@richb1134]

***** don't do what david blaine says very bad, a good site is freediverhd here on youtube he will show you how to breath up right

[@elijahstewart1333]

skimen ruslan If you are talking about in general...until your body runs out of oxygen, it really depends on what you are doing

[@maxxiemad.]

The rest of ur life

[@jamiemead2108]

Awesome love this

[@briankim4412]

i do free diving too .... to hold ur breath longer u have to train ... such as breathing in with ur mouth for 10 sec and breath out for 5 sec with nose .. keep doing that and try to breath in to ur stomach , u have to breath in lots of oxygen as much as u can

[@rewardyfahmi8318]

AMAZING!

[@Aldo.flores]

wow that's really beautiful, I'm scientific diver and hope one day will be participle in one of these amazon adventure

[@KYNAN1108]

i love this

[@MDmattix]

Have you heard of Mission 31? At least until that operation is done it wont be shutting down, and maybe there will be enough interest and credible data for the scientific community to warrant keeping it open. Lets hope, love to see footage from this place.

[@bobbymalta73]

Great video Mate!

[@747plmr]

Nice video, great expience !!

[@83jerom]

It´s a very funny video, I like your freediving style. I'm waiting for the next. Soon

[@halllwd94]

Think I might build one of these and establish a residence on the bottom of the ocean. Might be cool to have an underwater city. Or maybe an underwater hotel

[@theamazingdives]

Actually its down down yet ( as of Jan 7, 2013). They are in the process of taking it apart but it still is in the state that you see it in the film. Hopefull some rich person, company or authority would revert this before its too late.

[@antongourman]

Amazing video. I'm thinking of getting into freediving, but not that easy when you live in central London. :)

[@thephotobloggerjohnn]

lol. enjoyed the whole "living" in the ocean thing

[@JackHuddo]

This video still breaks my heart! Where are you at with your efforts to save the ocean Yasemin? I live in Australia, free dive and would love to help

[@tripchoe]

I am yung seok choe. Who live in korean and i like your video also i love sea. So i hope you and your cowork be health when dive and when you have a time please visit jeju in korea. There is also good place for dive. Take care allways

[@rpcomms1]

Wow amazing colours of coral and fish! Like the Orange wetsuit what brand?

[@SantaFeSandy]

As of Jan. 20, 2013, an article reads: "Thanks to the backlash from scientists and a campaign led by South Florida political leaders...will allow FIU to continue monitoring and maintaining Aquarius Reef Base for NOAA in 2013. During this time, they will create a new business model to better fund Aquarius in the future. The new model will rely on other government agencies, as well as private groups and universities, explained Jim Fourqurean who will be overseeing activities at Aquarius Reef Base"

[@ufukolcer]

amazing girl

[@danielpienaar87]

PrestigeShots you don't make decompression stops on freedives, as you don't inhale more air at depth. Use same breathe

[@andoo500]

awesome

[@nasriozel]

Tebrikler...

[@mariamalaika]

such a wonderful world for the aqua marine life who lives there. but i feel sad after telling that it was already closed. why?

[@Uebersoldat86]

Wow amazing, i am only a apnea beginner, wish i could hold my breath half as Long as you can :-) How do you make this ;-) MASTERPIECE

[@fgkfriz]

this is such a cool and sweet video :-)

[@tastamamd]

Ne diyecegimi bilemiyorum. Çok güzel bir an yaşadım seyrederken . Ama sonunda böyle bir yerin olmaması düşüncesi çok üzücü.

[@jai7367]

cool vid thanks for that..

[@APR_LNN]

my life, my sports -----> Free Diving. i learned to dive in the island of Cebu in the Philippines some Pearl Divers can go deep 100 feet with no oxygen. the Whistle Man the locals call him. he whistles when he catches his breath after a deep dive.

[@felipemazuera224]

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[@theamazingdives]

6:30 when I was doing records, now that I'm only having fun, not bothering trying anymore :)

[@milosicboris]

beautyful

[@justins21482]

this makes me want to rewatch "the abyss" :)

[@snakevenezuela]

wow, you left me stunned with your video... a question, what Brand and model are your fins?

[@jayeliandme]

Thanks had no idea... A bit sad

[@Rebecca-ov4wv]

I read an article about free diving so my SAT class! Was it difficult to film this video? Are you just holding your breath with no equipment?

[@cuteii0032]

wow amazing i plan on studying marine biology do you think this could take me to do some amazing divings like you ?

[@theamazingdives]

Lots of training and practice...

[@McNighthawk750]

Did you try to get funding elsewhere to continue this ongoing expedition?

[@mamifero]

is there any film from inside the Aquarius, wile a storm passes it buy ? that must be totally insane

[@tom_jauncey]

Great video :)

[@sylvainverlaine16]

Funny*, interesting, beautiful. In one word : Perfect ! * I like the way you use "clichés" about girls, at the beginning. Subscribed.

[@skipauto]

This is great, considering the pressure on your body at that depth. Any ideas on how to equalize the pressure in and out of your ears?

[@carijoca1]

You just put your fingers on your nose and then blow through your nose.

[@odlanorirom]

wow...

[@sandrakoster2482]

How can we see the longer version of the documentary? Where and when?

[@APR_LNN]

i used to do this before very thrilling sport

[@theamazingdives]

Near Tavernier. Comes out on google earth under Aquarius Habitat.

[@scuba453]

very nice video. what depth is this? it does not seem deep, my guess is 10-15meters.

[@jasoncook2777]

Gee, I wouldn't be yapping about a fish outside a porthole with a good-looking woman who can hold her breath for a long time, at a table with me. I would be talking about underwater spawning habits with her just for starters. Really tell how 'disfuctional' black is underwater for visualisation (photography) in comparison to brighter colours that show-up accessories, rather than hide them. Australian Privateers are looking into doing a permanent 'Habitat' here, so all is not lost.

[@Kingkong8510]

Cool and is wehere Chris Hdfield trained by anychance? Thanks!

[@TheZacdes]

This is something that only occurs if you stay past your limit!! When freediving, you acend no faster than any bubbles you release, shallow water blackout is a freedivers biggest worry! But mostly if you go DEEP, but still, its always a risk. The reason this occurs is as the mammalian dive reflex contracts all oxygen in to your core,[as you get deeper] if you come up to fast[last 10 feet CRITICAL] It rushes back to your extremetys and starves your brain...BLACKOUT!!

[@sharplikerazor]

Are you free diving from the surface or from the station? Would you get the bends if you went to the surface on breath hold?

[@АндрейВербовой-ш1б]

Это заброшенная подводная лаборатория?, забыл её название.