Stig Severinsen Sets New Guinness World Underwater Swimming Record
202.0-meter (662.73-foot) swim in the
Sea of Cortez off Mexico.
With the feat,
25 meters (82 feet) to Venezuelan
Carlos Coste’s record of
177 meters (581 feet), which he set four years ago at the age of 40.
Coste himself has held the record since 2010.
Unlike the more traditional freediving world records completed in pools, the Guinness World Record was
set in open water off Balandra Beach in Mexico. The current equivalent pool freediving record is 300 meters (984 feet)
Severinsen will turn 48 in a couple of months, and should therefore not be able to compete with freediving’s younger world players. However, the year 2020 has brought something to life in him: