SKINDIVING

Skindiving is an older word for freediving. Why it is now archaic is unclear, as is the etyomology. The general connotation was that "skindiving" also consisted of spearfishing. "Skindiving" was never synonomous with "SCUBA diving." Some people used the word skindiving for snorkel diving only. There is a USA scuba diving magazine called Skin Diver.

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