{"id":323804,"date":"2026-04-24T12:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=323804"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:59:18","slug":"i-like-freediving-within-the-strait-of-hormuz-its-where-i-find-inner-peace-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/i-like-freediving-within-the-strait-of-hormuz-its-where-i-find-inner-peace-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I like freediving within the Strait of Hormuz – it’s where I find inner peace’ | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bux Khurana prepares to make a dive within the Strait of Hormuz (Picture: Bux Khurana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Freediving is dangerous at the very best of times. Diving into the pitch-black unknown on only one breath.<\/p>\n

But one competitive freediver couldn\u2019t resist breaking the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to return to his favourite spot.<\/p>\n

The Strait is currently the centre of the Iran war, which has seen cargo shipping lanes grind to a halt amid fears of sea mines and Donald Trump\u2019s\u2018shoot to kill\u2019 order against small Iranian boats deploying them.<\/p>\n

But Mr Khurana still finds his sense of peace on the centre of this warzone. He even says the blockade and the absence of international shipping have allowed marine life to thrive greater than ever.<\/p>\n

He told the Metro<\/strong>: \u2018I even have been on dive trips in most parts of the world \u2014 the Maldives, Asia, the Red Sea, and Europe. <\/p>\n

\u2018But I promise you, there is no such thing as a diving spot that compares with the Strait of Hormuz. I first went three years ago and have been in love with it ever since.<\/p>\n

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\u2018It was amazing. It was clear that the ocean is doing well. It was a bit green and algae-filled, with jellyfish. <\/p>\n

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Bux says he only goes as deep because the ocean will let him (Picture: Bux Khurana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018There have been fish all over the place, and the fish-eaters on the boat were very pleased with what they caught.\u2019<\/p>\n

Just two hours drive from his home in Dubai, the placement had turn into deeply personal.<\/p>\n

In his many dives, he has encountered whale sharks, hammerheads and even the elusive mola mola. <\/p>\n

Night dives in complete darkness, he said, were something he trusted here greater than anywhere else.<\/p>\n

\u2018There are only a few spots I feel so secure diving at night,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

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\u2018The ocean is doing well. There have been fish all over the place.\u2019 (Picture: Bux Khurana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because the Iran war began, he has stayed away before he went back last week. He joined the identical trusted boat crew he had dived with greater than 15 times, but there have been moments of trepidation.<\/p>\n

Crew members were nervous they’d ventured too deep into the Strait and were at risk of being boarded by Iranian speedboats or crushed by US warships patrolling the region.<\/p>\n

However the freediver saw no naval battles and didn\u2019t pay any tolls. He said: \u2018I don\u2019t even know what the navy looks like.\u2019 <\/p>\n

His only dangerous encounter was when two groups of pirates tried to sell his crew some smuggled oil.<\/p>\n

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IRGC has shared footage claiming to indicate naval forces seizing a cargo ship within the Strait of Hormuz (Picture: Provider: X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He said the Strait of Hormuz is one of the vital misunderstood regions on Earth with dolphins, sunfish and sea turtles making up a various ecosystem.<\/p>\n

\u2018The great thing about nature is that it will probably thrive through anything,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018A lotus can bloom even within the dirtiest of places, and even the worst-affected regions have their very own beauty. It’s as much as us to search out the sweetness and ignore the noise.\u2019<\/p>\n