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Sport Diving

Sport diving is a CMAS underwater sport in the pool in which scuba, apnea, fin, transition, obstacle or team tasks are completed for time under rules. The focus is controlled underwater technique, safety, speed and precise execution.

LevelVariant FamilyAquatics Family CategoryWater sport / underwater sport

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Classification

Category Water sport / underwater sport

Family Aquatics Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Pool competition diving with scuba and underwater technique tasks.

Geeignet für Suitable for safe divers who like technical underwater routines and time pressure.

Cost Only with diver training and club/pool structure; own scuba set is not always needed for first supervised steps. Diving club, pool time, equipment, maintenance, training, competition entries and safety supervision. CMAS-adjacent diving clubs, underwater sport clubs or sport-diving/finswimming groups. Clarify certification, health, buddy/safety rules and poo…

First progress Pool handling improves after a few sessions; competition-safe transition and air-sharing speed takes longer.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

diving qualification
coach
50 m pool
scuba set
mask
fins
safety supervision

First steps

complete diver training
clarify pool safety
practise equipment handling
train simple underwater lengths
then read sport-diving events

CMAS diving club, underwater sport club, finswimming/sport-diving group or pool practice with diving supervision.

Never train without qualification, buddy/coach supervision, health check and clear emergency rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags sport-diving, water-sport, cmas-sport-diving, aquatics-familie, wassersport-unterwassersport, cmas-sport-diving-pool-tauchsport, water-sport-underwater-sport, cmas-sport-diving-pool-scuba-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete CMAS pool tasks with scuba/apnea/equipment transitions as fast and safely as possible.

Teilnehmer

Individuals, pairs or teams by event.

Teamgröße

1, 2 or relay/team by discipline.

Spielfeld

50 m pool.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Time and penalties under CMAS rules.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

scuba set
mask
fins
snorkel
pool
safety

Wichtige Regelpunkte

late air sharing
equipment fault
obstacle fault
false start
safety breach