Double world champion
William Trubridge is a New Zealand freediver of English origin born on May 24, 1980. This world champion of apnea lets himself descend into the depths with a rope to reach the lowest possible level. Thus, in 2016, he set a double record with a first run at 122 m, beaten a few days later by 2 m.
Cook Strait crossing record
Freediver William Trubridge has just set the record for crossing the Cook Strait in the Tasman Sea, New Zealand, by swimming and mostly underwater.
He crossed this canal, connecting the North Island to the South Island, underwater, equipped with a single blade, to reproduce the dolphin's movement, and by going up to the surface only to take a few breaths. In total his dive computer recorded 943 dives.
After 9:15 a.m. swimming through the 32 km course, he exited exhausted and at the limit of hypothermia from the icy and unpredictable waters of the Strait. The Cook Strait is one of the most dangerous in the world ( He finished 2nd in the ranking of the Ocean Seven, a marathon swim in an inlet ), with a width of only 23 km in the narrowest places. Unpredictable weather conditions, strong currents, ice water, stinging jellyfish and sharks are the characteristics of this inlet.
"540" said Trubridge. "303"
Raise awareness about the future of rare dolphin species
William Trubridge is a strong advocate of the oceans and it was to raise awareness of two subspecies on the northern and southern islands of the New Zealand Dolphin that he made this crossing.
"https://media.bateaux.com/bateaux/30280/record-apnee-william-trubridge-2.jpg"I went about five times slower and with five times more dives than a Hector dolphin to make the same crossing. But it allowed me to show that if we can swim like a delphinid between our two islands, they should also have the freedom to do the same thing.""https://media.bateaux.com/bateaux/30280/record-apnee-william-trubridge-3.jpg"540"328"303"https://media.bateaux.com/bateaux/30280/record-apnee-william-trubridge-4.jpg"We had strong currents, cold water bodies and rough seas.">
