A freediver glides through a shimmering baitball, sunlight raining down through the deep blue

Scenes from
the deep

Professional photography and underwater footage from training days and competition — the bay, the platform, and the athletes who dive it.

DiveEye footage still from a competition dive

Film & DiveEye

Films coming soon.

We're preparing a new collection of films and DiveEye underwater footage from the platform and competition. Drop your reels in here when they're ready — this space is built and waiting for them.

Photography

The bay in pictures.

Over-under split of Soufrière Bay
Soufrière Bay
A freediver laughing under a jungle waterfall in Dominica
Nature Island
Athlete surfacing after a clean dive
White card
Monofin ascent with safety divers
Monofin ascent
The platform in Soufrière Bay
The platform
Surface celebration during the competition
Celebration
The platform seen from directly below, sunburst and divers silhouetted
Under the platform
Competition medals
Records & medals
Diver gliding into the deep beneath a baitball
Into the deep
The Blue Element team on the beach at sunset holding monofins
The crew
Freediver descending the line
Descent
No-fins competition dive at 70m
70m no-fins
Diver among fish in the marine reserve
Marine reserve
Relaxed deep glide
Deep & calm
Free immersion descent
Free immersion
Safety diver at the surface with island backdrop
Safety
Bi-fins ascent with safety
Bi-fins
CNF relaxation before a dive
The breathe-up
Dive boat off Soufrière
On the water
Deep camp group on the platform
Deep camp
Wide view of Soufrière Bay
The bay
Artistic freediving image
Freediving art
Katerina Sadurska at the surface after a competition dive in Soufrière Bay
Competition
The medical team on the boat between dives
Medical team
Soufrière Bay seen from the headland, flat calm to the horizon
From the headland
Record-holding freedivers resting on the boat deck between dives
Between dives
The safety and medical team with their kit laid out on deck
Ready on deck
Blue Element gold, silver and bronze medals with their ribbons
The podium
A freediver breathing up at the surface before a dive
The breathe-up
Monofins and bi-fins racked along the platform between sessions
Fins on the rail
Divers and crew working the platform on a bright day in the bay
Platform crew
An athlete surfacing to a white card from the judges
White card
A freediver descending through a dense wall of silver baitfish
Through the baitball
The dive boat and the line stretching out across Soufrière Bay
Out on the line
Glass-calm water across the bay with the platform in the distance
Perfect conditions
A pod of sperm whales in the deep blue off Dominica
Sperm whales

See it for yourself

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No photograph quite captures the calm of the bay. Come dive it.