🫁 Vitomir Maričić, a freediver from Croatia, has just set a new Guinness World Record by holding his breath underwater for 29 minutes and 3 seconds — longer than most whales and dolphins can!

📅 Date: June 14, 2025
📍 Location: Croatia (confirmed by Guinness World Records)

💨 Before the dive, Maričić inhaled pure oxygen for 10 minutes, boosting the oxygen saturation in his blood — a technique used in static apnea (not regular freediving). This helped him shatter the previous world record by nearly 5 minutes!

🐳 Average breath-hold by marine mammals:

Bottlenose dolphin: ~12 minutes

Sperm whale: ~90 minutes (but they’re built for it)

Humans: usually 30–90 seconds untrained

🌎 More than just a record, Vitomir used the moment to raise awareness about ocean conservation, linking peak human endurance to environmental duty.

🏆 Unaided personal best: 10 minutes, 8 seconds — no oxygen tank, just lung power.

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🔗 Source: Guinness World Records