Astonishing videos show a freediver crawling through terrifyingly small holes and exploring sunken planes and buses
These are videos of someone holding their breath. It’s breathtaking.
Incredible footage shows Florida freediver Kendra Vandergrift crawling through terrifyingly small holes and exploring sunken planes and school buses.
In one video, she maneuvers through a small tunnel while cave diving in Florida Springs. In other videos, she is seen swimming through a small plane wreck and a sunken school bus in an Ohio quarry — all while holding her breath.
Kendra posts her underwater adventures on her TikTok account (@kendraunderwaterr), where she has a total of 66,800 followers and 3.5 million likes. In the videos, Kendra wears a wetsuit, snorkel mask and flippers and films herself with a GoPro.
Her underwater videos have received mixed reactions from her followers, with many claiming they feel “claustrophobic” when they watch them.
Incredible footage shows freediver Kendra Vandergrift squeezing through terrifyingly small holes. She has a total of 66,800 followers and 3.5 million likes on TikTok. She is pictured above cave diving in Florida Springs.
Kendra’s underwater videos have received mixed reactions from followers, with many claiming they feel “claustrophobic” just watching them
However, Kendra told MailOnline Travel that she ‘loves the tranquility’ that marine life offers and that she enjoys exploring small spaces.
She said, ‘The smaller the space underwater, the better. [However,] I always make sure I’m completely fit before I go swimming.’
Kendra can hold her breath for up to three minutes, something she’s achieved through three years of “consistent training.” She added, “Normally my dives are only a minute to a minute and a half.”
In a TikTok video captioned “Who put that there?”, Kendra shows off a yellow school bus at the bottom of a quarry in Ohio (pictured). Kendra filmed herself swimming in the wrecked bus
In a TikTok video, Kendra is seen swimming through a small plane wreck in a quarry in Ohio (above). She reveals that she “loves the tranquility” of being underwater and enjoys exploring small spaces
Kendra mainly films herself while diving, but she says she never dives alone and is always accompanied by two safety divers who know how to get her to the surface safely if danger threatens.
She said, ‘It’s rule number one in freediving. And always follow it! You never know what can happen.’
And Kendra’s wildlife encounters prove it: she’s encountered otters, sea turtles, sharks, alligators, and venomous water moccasins.
However, she claimed she is “not really scared” of the dangerous creatures, especially alligators, which she said “normally stay hidden and leave us alone.”
She is also ‘always aware of her surroundings’.
The 33-year-old, who started freediving in 2020, spends most of her days working at the Plantation Adventure Center in Crystal River, Florida, as a manatee guide, where she teaches people to swim with the large mammals in a “non-captive” environment.
The ‘gentle giants’ are protected by the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Actand while they can touch people, it is illegal to touch them back.
Although Kendra primarily films herself while diving, she says she never dives alone and is always accompanied by two safety divers who know how to safely bring her to the surface in case of danger.
Kendra can hold her breath for up to three minutes, which took her three years of “consistent training” to achieve. Her dives usually last about a minute, but Kendra can spend up to six hours in the water
Kendra offered some advice for beginning divers: “A common misconception about freediving is that certain people can’t do it.
‘With the right training and understanding, anyone can freedive. Regardless of size, age or gender.’
For more from Kendra, visit her on TikTok at www.tiktok.com/kendraunderwaterror Instagram on www.instagram.com/kendraunderwaterr. Or visit her YouTube account here.
Kendra spends most of her days at the Plantation Adventure Center in Crystal River, Florida, as a manatee guide, teaching people to swim with the large mammals in a “non-captive environment.”