It was another perfect February morning off the coral atoll of Tikehau, French Polynesia, when Denis Grosmaire, 44, anchored around 8 in the morning. Grosmaire, French Polynesia’s deepest free diver, peered over the edge into the crystal-clear South Pacific Ocean.
On one side of his speedboat was a flourishing coral reef that plunged toward the shadowy depths. On the other was endless blue water. He slipped on a pair of fins, dropped in alone and waited for company. Two old friends — or as he calls them, “his lovers” — soon materialised from the blue and swam toward him…