The Freedive Cafe Podcast

#175 | William Trubridge | Blue Pearl

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

William Trubridge is one of the most celebrated freedivers of all time, achieving multiple world records, winning multiple world championships and div...

#174 | Jack Webb | Jungle Freediver

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Webb is an up and coming deep freediver from Far North Queensland in Australia. He recently dived 113m in competition in Dominica.In this episode...

#173 | Martin McPhilimey | Breath Science

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Martin McPhilimey is a respiratory and sleep scientist by background and the founder of The School of Breath Science.In this episode we discuss:Martin...

#172 | Pedro Tapia | The Inner Dive

21 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Pedro Tapia is a Mexican freediving athlete and the deepest unassisted freediver in the Americas, diving almost 120m with the mono fin and 88m in No F...

#171 | Lisa Davidsson | The Surf Psychologist

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Davidsson is a psychologist and hypnotherapist from Sweden, now based in Bali. Known as the surf psychologist, Lisa works with clients from all o...

#170 | Nataliia Zharkova | Resurgence

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nataliia Zharkova is a Ukrainian competitive freediver who this year (2025), returned to the competition scene after a four year break and won overall...

#169 | Zsófia Törőcsik | Phenom

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Zsófia Törőcsik is a Hungarian freediving athlete who in 2025 became the first female freediving athlete to dive a distance of 300m in the pool and...

#168 | Anna-Karina Schmitt | Sweet Water

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anna-Karina Schmitt is a German freediver based in Switzerland. Today we talk about the technicalities of diving in lakes and the challenges of living...

#167 | Juani Valdivia | Freediving Doctor

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jani Valdivia is from Peru and is based in Tampa, Florida where he works as a neurosurgeon.He is also a member of the AIDA Science and Medical Committ...

#166 | Marco Puliafito | Blue World Freediving

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marco Puliafito is from Sicily, Italy. He left an 18 year career at Pfizer pharmaceutical company to open Italy's first dedicated freediving trai...

#165 | Jeroen MG Van Haudt | Freediving Medic

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jeroen is from Belgium. He is a passionate health-care provider working as an intensive care unit nurse, with a love for technical innovation, teachin...

#164 | Tea Košnjek | Deep Strength

24 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tea Košnjek is a kinesiologist and a strength & conditioning coach working with Olympic-level swimmers and freedivers around the world.From pool ...

#163 | Huang Hua Yang | Spirit of Depth

20 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Huang Hua Yang is a former farmer and the deepest freediving athlete from the beautiful country of Taiwan. One of the deepest men in the world, he sha...

#162 - David Mellor - No Limits

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David Mellor is an English freediver who started freediving at 49 years old and achieved the incredible goal of freediving to 100 metres, in competiti...

#161 | Marco Nones | Only One Apnea

05 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marco Nones is one of the most influential persons in the development of freediving on Egypt's Red Sea and a coach to some of the best freedivers...

#160 | Enchante Gallardo | Rise and Shine

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Enchante Gallardo is a Hawaii born freediving athlete who has recently surpassed the 100m depth.In this episode we discuss:Enchanted was born and rais...

#159 | Heike Schwerdtner | Static World Record

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Heike Schwerdtner is a trainer of nurses from Germany and also the first woman to beat Natalia Molchanova's static apnea world record. A record t...

#158 | Lotta Ericson | Freedive Dahab

21 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lotta Ericson is co-founder, owner and manager of Freedive Dahab, the longest established freediving centre in Dahab, Egypt. She has a deep history in...

#157 | Samo Jeranko | Coaching Deep Dive

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Samo Jeranko is an elite freediver and top-level coach to freediving athletes, based in Slovenia. In this episode we take a deep dive into the coachin...

LOST EPISODE #2 | Johnny Sunnex

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Originally produced between 2019 and 2021, the Lost Episodes of The Freedive Cafe were originally released as exclusive content for Patreon subscriber...

#156 | Stéphane Tourreau | Metre by Metre

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stéphane Tourreau is an elite level competitive freediver from France.In this episode we discuss:Stephane first appeared on episode #5 of the podcast...

#155 | Erika Schagatay | Science Deep Dive

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Erika Schagatay PhD is a scientist based in Sweden and Dahab who focuses on researching freediving and apnea.She first appeared on Episode #42 of the ...

#154 | Alenka Artnik | Purpose & Clarity

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alenka Artnik is the deepest female freediver in the world. Originating from Slovenia, she transformed her life and broke free of her old bonds to pur...

LOST EPISODE #1 | Davide Carrera

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Originally produced between 2019 and 2021, the Lost Episodes of The Freedive Cafe were originally released as exclusive content for Patreon subscriber...

#153 | Kateryna Sadurska | Depth And Strength

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kateryna Sadurska is a world record holding freediving athlete from Ukraine. Kate joined me at The Little Blue in Dahab to discuss her amazing 2023, h...

#152 | Frank Pernett | Freediving Science & Physiology

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Pernett is originally from Colombia. He has been freediving his whole life and been involved in the deep freediving and freediving competition s...

#151 | Davide Carrera | Become Free

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Davide Carrera was born in Turin in Italy and began freediving as a child during his summers spent in Leguria.He has was part of the World Championshi...

#150 | Alexey Molchanov | Unlimited

30 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alexey Molchanov is a multi-world record holding and world record breaking freediving athlete and arguably the greatest and most consistent freediving...

#149 | Bevin Reynolds | Southern Star

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Bevin Reynolds is a competitive pool freediver with multiple national and African continental records. Despite only ...

#148 | Shadi Türk | From War to Water

09 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shadi Türk is a Syrian former fixer and journalist who worked through 10 years of the terrible war in his home country. After reaching his breaking p...

#147 | Khaled ELGammal | Deep In Egypt

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Khaled ELGammal is Egypt's deepest diver and the first to reach the 100m mark. Today we hear about how Khaled left a corporate life working in oi...

#146 | Gary McGrath | Ascents & Descents

06 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gary McGrath is the deepest ever self-propelled freediver from the UK, claiming a national record of 112m in CWT at 2022's Vertical Blue competit...

#145 | Miguel Lozano | Deep Camp

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Miguel Lozano is one of the deepest freedivers in the world. He first appeared on episode #67 of The Freedive Cafe podcast!This interview is also avai...

#144 | Stefan Randig | Living for Depth

04 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stefan Randig is a German competitive freediver based in Dahab, Egypt. He first appeared on episode #10 of The Freedive Cafe:https://freedivecafe.com/...

#143 | Jordy Duncan | Phoenix Rising

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jordy Duncan is not only my awesome co-host on the Freediving Journal News Dispatch, but an up and coming elite freediver in her own right. Jordy has...

#142 | Pete Botman | Master's Champion

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pete Botman is a Canadian/Dutch freediving athlete and instructor based in Dahab, Egypt. He is a 100m+ diver,  multiple World Record holder in the CM...

#141 | Tito Zappalà | Love & Freediving

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tito Zappalà is an Italian freediver and coach. He worked under the eye of Andrea Zuccari at Freediving World in Sharm el-Sheikh for five years befor...

#140 | Ali Okab | Aqua Marina

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ali Okab is the boss and face of the world-famous Aqua Marina, located right at the Blue Hole north of Dahab, Egypt.His restaurant is the starting poi...

#139 | Kateryna Sadurska | Fire And Water

10 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kateryna Sadurska is a multiple record holder and Ukrainian champion. Kat has a background as a synchronised swimmer and even made it to the Olympics...

#138 | Denis Grosmaire | Dancing With Sharks

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Denis Grosmaire was raised in the pacific island nation of French Polynesia, travelling for island to island as a kid with his mom, growing up in the ...

#137 | Bizo Silva | Lung Ultrasound, Squeeze and Lung Health

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bizo Silva is an Emergency Medicine physician practicing in a trauma center in Northern California, USA. He specialized in lung ultrasound in trauma. ...

#136 | Alex Llinas | Evolution

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Llinas is from Colombia and holds several national records. He dived his first 100m during competition at this years AIDA World Championships in ...

#135 | Juani Valdivia | Freediving Medicine

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jani Valdivia is from Peru and is based in Tampa, Florida where he works as a neurosurgeon.He is also a member of the AIDA Medical Committee, Presiden...

#134 | Carlos Diezel | Dahab Freedivers

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Carlos Diezel is a freediving athlete from Brazil and manager of the world famous Dahab Freedivers school in Egypt.In this episode we discuss:Carlos i...

#133 | Rami Bladlav | Static Warrior

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rami Bladlav is a top level athlete in Static Apnea competing for Sweden. He is nearing the 10 minute breath-hold mark.Today we talk about his journey...

#132 | Guillaume Néry | Time & Relaxation

21 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Guillaume Néry is one of the most iconic figures in the freediving world. A World Champion, world record achiever and a filmmaker who has introduced ...

#131 | Lily Crespy | Water is the Teacher

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lily Crespy is a former molecular biologist turned freediving coach and instructor. She has represented France several times as an athlete in freedivi...

#130 | Lidija Lijic | Flying High

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are joined by Croatian athlete Lidija Lijic. Lidija is a 5 x world record holder, a World and European champion, a pilot, a climber, a mount...

#129 | Stig Severinsen | Breatheology

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stig Severinsen has a degree in biology and a Ph.D. in medicine. He began experimenting with holding his breath as a child at the bottom of his parent...

#128 | Jennifer Wendland | Top of The World

05 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show is Jennifer Wendland, Jennifer is a current World Record-holding freediver from Germany and unless anything has changed since we ...

#127 | Florian Dagoury | Mr. 10 Minutes

19 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show we are talking to Mr 10 minutes himself, Florian Dagoury. Florian is  French freediver with more than 10 years experience in th...

#126 | Petar Klovar | Croatian Phenom

05 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Petar Klovar is a World Record breaking Croatian competitive freediver. In the 2022 CMAS World Championships he dived an incredible 92m in CNF (Consta...

#125 | Ted Harty | The Art of Instruction

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show we have a Freedive Cafe favourite returning to the show. Founder of Immersion Freediving and the Freedive Live Podcast, Ted Harty...

#124 | Maria-Teresa Solomons | Soul Medicine

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

MT Solomons is a link to the early days of deep freediving before the modern competition era, along with her partner at the time Aharon Solomons they ...

#123 | Vitomir Maričić | Training Talk

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

World Record Holder Vitomir Maričić returns to The Freedive Cafe to answer the legendary Training Talk questions!We also discuss his experiences wi...

#122 | James Nestor | Breath

31 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Originally aired on Thrivers Podcast exactly one year ago, in this fascinating interview we discuss James Nestor's latest book Breath: The New Sc...

#121 | Chris McKay | Safety Angel

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris McKay was Chief of Safety at the 2021 AIDA World Championships in Cyprus and runs Freedive Tulum in Mexico.In this episode we discuss:How was Ch...

#120 | Tom Peled | The Power of the Breath

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Peled is a breath coach and freediving coach from Tel Aviv, Israel. Join us for this fascinating conversation on the power of the breath, working ...

#119 | Julia Mouce | Instructing & Coaching

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Julia Mouce, Freedive Cafe favourite returns for her fourth appearance!Julia is the owner of Apnea Bali freediving school on the island of Bali, Indon...

#118 | Fatima Korok | Training Talk

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fatima Korok is a World Champion freediver from Hungary.She first appeared on the show on Episode #110 and now returns to dig deep into her training m...

#117 | Alice Modolo | Discover Yourself

26 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show we have another amazing girl joining us, you know the girls are really the ones leading the way in terms of exciting freediving thes...

#116 | Gary McGrath | Training Talk

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gary McGrath is and English competitive freediver. His first appearance was episode #109.This is a Training Talk episode. The Training Talk questions ...

#115 | Claire Paris | Freediving for Science

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Paris is  a competitive freediver and professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine...

#114 | Tom Ardavany | Inside the Medical Team

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Ardavany first contributed to the Vertical Blue medical team in 2012 and has been part of the team many times since then. He has also been present...

#113 | Louisa Collyns | Inside the Safety Team

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Louisa Collyns hails from London but eventually found her way into the underwater world through scuba diving, and then, as so often happens, she met s...

#112 | Mirela Kardasevic | Hard Work Pays Off

03 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mirela Kardasevic is and has been World Champion, Vice-World Champion, 6 times World Record Holder, twice bronze medalist at the European Championship...

Episode #111 | Nathan Vinski | Train Freediving

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Vinski is an up and coming Canadian competitive freediver and freediving coach.Nathan's specialist skill is 'being a struggling freed...

Episode #110 | Fatima Korok | Transformation

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fatima Korok is from Hungary. Fatima has been on a special journey through freediving, not just quickly rising to become the first Hungarian freediver...

Episode #109 | Gary McGrath | Breakthrough

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gary McGrath is an English diver who recently surpassed the 100m mark in depth. He joins me from Dahab, Egypt, to discuss his freediving progression.I...

Episode #108 | Sheena McNally | Hitting the Hectometre

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Although Sheena McNally hails from a part of Canada over 1,000 km from the ocean, she has always loved being in the water. Growing up, she spent summe...

Episode #107 | Daan Verhoeven | Freediving Photography

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daan Verhoeven is best know for his amazing photography of freedivers. He hails from the Netherlands and now lives in Cornwall, UK. He started freediv...

Episode #106 - Emilio Rodríguez-Álvarez | Freediving in Antiquity

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emilio Rodríguez-Álvarez is an archaeologist specialising in the archaeology of ancient Greece, the study of pottery technology, geographic Informat...

Episode #105 - Gus Kreivenas | Training Talk

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gus Kreivenas is a 100+m diver originally from Lithuania and over the last decade has been developing himself into an elite freediver, focusing on awa...

Episode #104 - Sara Campbell | Discover Your Depths

06 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Campbell is a bit of a legend in the freediving community.She is a Kundalini Yoga teacher, and four times World Record-holding freediver. She is ...

Episode #103 - Adam Stern | Training Talk

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Stern is an Australian freediving athlete, Australian champion and 8 x Australian freediving record holder. He also teaches freediving for all l...

Episode #102 - Daan Verhoeven | Picture This

03 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daan Verhoeven is best know for his amazing photography of freedivers. He hails from the Netherlands and now lives in Cornwall, UK. He started freediv...

Episode #101 - Julia Mouce | Training Talk

06 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Julia Mouce is an instructor for SSI, AIDA, Apnea Total and PADI as well as an Instructor Trainer for Apnea Total and PADI, she is an accomplished com...

Episode #100 - Donny Mac | Dreaming of Depth

22 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Donny is currently based in Xiao Liuqiu, Taiwan.Donny is from Scotland and has lived in the Netherlands, Finland, Australia and Thailand among other p...

Episode #99 - Jani Valdivia | Hypoxic

31 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we discuss:Jani is from Lima, PeruJani got interested in freediving through a scuba accident!He did his first course with William Trub...

Episode #98 – William Trubridge #2 | A Deep Dive

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

William Trubridge is a world champion and multiple world record holder. He currently holds the huge 102m CNF record which may just be the most impress...

#97 - Aharon Solomons | Master Coach

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have the inimitable Aharon Solomons. Aharon is a legend in the freediving community, known for his forward thinking attitude towa...

#96 - Bill Streever | In Oceans Deep

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Streever, a biologist, is the award winning and bestselling nature writer behind In Oceans Deep, Cold, Heat, and And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind....

#39 – Mateusz Malina | Part Two

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#39 – Mateusz Malina – Part TwoFor all episodes of The Freedive Cafe Podcast, information about freediving courses, coaching, workshops and retrea...

#95 - Dean Chaouche | Functional Freediving

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dean Chaouche began his relationship with the ocean at a very young age on the beaches of the Gower just off Swansea, Wales.He began surfing at a youn...

#94 - Nays Baghai | Descent

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nays Baghai is an independent film maker and underwater cameraman based in Sydney, Australia.Nays became fascinated with the worlds of film and diving...

#93 – Yoram Zekri | Ocean Prana

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#92 – Pascal Berger | Octopus Freediving

15 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#91 – Martin Štěpánek | Training Talk

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#90 – Marcin Baranowski | Physiology of Freediving

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#89 – Linda Paganelli | Dahab & Beyond

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#88 – Adam Sellars | Pressure Project

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#87 – Samo Jeranko | Deep Process

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#86 – Mateusz Malina #2 | Quarantine Catch-Up

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#85 – Sheena McNally | Deep for Canada

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#84 – Federico Mana | Moving Limits

29 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#84 – Federico Mana | Moving Limits

29 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#83 – Kirk Krack | Performance Freediving

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#82 – Ted Harty #2 | Ted Talks Training

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#81 – Vitomir Maričić | More Than An Athlete

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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#80 – Dr. Wallace J. Nichols | Blue Mind

01 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

#80 – Dr. Wallace J. Nichols | Blue MindFor all episodes of The Freedive Cafe Podcast, information about freediving courses, coaching, workshops an...