1905 Jrnl. Ceylon Branch Royal Asiatic Soc., 1904 18 157 The diving dress has been tried with great success, and now we are trying a system of dredging which is going on side by side with the old system of skin diving.

1937 Terril (Iowa) Record 25 Feb. 4/4 The most accepted method of skin-diving..is ‘half a lungful of air, a descending stone and a sense of direction when you're on the way up!’

1957 N. J. Berrill & J. Berrill 1001 Questions answered about Seashore i. 21 Where skin diving, with or without the use of an aqualung, is popular..the marine life suffers.

1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 57 There stood Di Presso, in a skin-diving suit and wraparound shades.

1988 G. Goodson Fishes Pacific Coast 245 Skin diving is easy and pleasurable when practiced in calm, clear-water bays and beaches, but be sure to exercise caution when swimming near kelp, rock cliffs..or coral reefs.

2002 R. S. Hickman & M. M. Sampsel Boat Accident Reconstr. & Litigation (ed. 2) xiii. 247 Skin diving is accomplished using minimal equipment. Diving activities can be simple snorkeling, free diving, or diving with self-contained diving apparatus (SCUBA).

1951 Skin Diver Dec. 2 We want to publish any and all items of interest to our skin diving readers.

1975 N.Y. Times 6 Nov. 20/2 Skindiving Israeli scientists are exploring the sunken fortifications of the city of Acre.

1979 J. Chesterman & M. Marten in O. Davies Omni Bk. Paranormal & Mind iv. xv. 146 Things have been very different since the Americans arrived—high-powered lawyers and millionaire inventors, plus a skin-diving archaeologist.

2004 J. Gray & R. Acciano Netherlands (Lonely Planet) (ed. 2) 50 A skin-diving serial killer is chased through Amsterdam's canals by a detective who isn't too fond of water.