In fact, pressure is really high. Literally, you can feel how your body is pressed. Especially below 30 m the feeling is really intensive. Back to your question. Human body is really miracle, we are able handle much higher pressure. In this video you can see it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-flYmFAe6OmU.html (at 1: 10min. they are at 30m).
First and in my opinion the most important thing is to find people in your area who are into freediving. The ideal is to take a basic course, which is always very helpful for beginners. People naturally have the biggest fear of something unknown. When a person doesn't know why his body reacts the way it does (kicking the diaphragm, balancing the pressure in the ears, breathing, ...), he naturally can't perform at his best or won't try what he considers "dangerous" things at all. Freediving is a really safe sport, unless of course we are talking about extreme performances (say depths below 80-90m). But the most important thing is: never dive alone, always have your buddy by your side.
Ben Wyatt I've heard in other videos that it gets very busy and you need to make a reservation but I very well could be wrong, looks like he just showed up
You need to get a reservation, especially if it's in the weekends or during holidays, because it's very popular. At least that's what we did, we went as a group and we had three hours distributed through the whole day where we were almost alone in the pool
The deepest and biggest pool is everywhere...... not really. But if you wanna visit the biggest and deepest pools go to a ocean! Ah, it is so good when a shark eats you.....I got to say, it massaging...
Of course, there is one guy sitting on the edge of the pool and supervises safety. On the other hand this pool isn't for everyone. For entrance you have to have certificate for freediving (or diving).
McLarenBMW In fact, I personally know 6-7 years old children which are able freedive 10-15 m and one 13 year old girl with PB 30 m. Simply, when you know how, it’s really safe sport.
