Draft:Camila Jaber

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Camila Jaber
Personal information
NationalityMexican
Born (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995
Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico
Sport
SportFreediving
Event(s)Constant Weight (CWT), Constant Weight No Fins (CNF)

Camila Jaber (born 12 December 1995) is a Mexican competitive freediver, environmental activist, and underwater stunt performer.[1] She holds multiple Mexican national records in freediving [2] and advocates for the conservation of the Great Mayan Aquifer and the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula.[3]

Early life and education

Jaber was born in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico,[4] and moved to the Riviera Maya at the age of eight. She studied Innovation and Development Engineering at the Tecnológico de Monterrey,[5] focusing on water resource management and sustainable development.

Freediving career

Jaber began competitive freediving at age 17, and did her first competition in 2015,[6] specializing in depth disciplines.

National records

  • In 2020, she set a Mexican national record in Constant Weight No Fins (CNF) with a dive to 58 metres (190 ft).[7]
  • In 2025, she reached a depth of 90 metres at the Blue Hole in the Bahamas during the Vertical Blue competition, becoming the deepest-diving Mexican woman in the discipline.[8]
  • In May 2025, she achieved another Mexican national record in Constant Weight (CWT), reaching 86 metres during a competition in Izamal, Yucatán.[9]

Film and media

Jaber has worked as an underwater stunt performer and actress in international productions. She appeared in the second season of the Netflix series Wednesday (2025), portraying a siren.[10]

She has also contributed to underwater cinematography projects highlighting the biodiversity of the Mexican Caribbean.

Selected filmography

  • Wednesday (2025)[11]
  • Luto (2024)
  • Postcard from Earth (2023)
  • Orlando Bloom: To The Edge (2023)[12]
  • Foundation (2021–2023)
  • H2O: The Molecule That Made Us (2020)[13]
  • Socorro Evolution (2018)[14]

Environmental activism

Jaber advocates for the protection of Mexico's underground river systems.[15]

In 2021, she won the international #CreateCOP26 competition for her short film I Am Cenote.[16] The film was created to raise awareness about ecological threats to the Yucatán Peninsula's aquifer system.

References

  1. "Camila Jaber: la apneísta mexicana que entrenó a sirenas de Merlina". Milenio (in Spanish). 4 September 2025.
  2. "Camila Jaber logra un nuevo récord nacional de profundidad en cenote". La Jornada Maya (in Spanish).
  3. "Camila Jaber, récord nacional de buceo libre, un ejemplo que inspira la conservación del Gran Acuífero Maya". Gobierno de México (in Spanish). Secretaría de Cultura.
  4. "Camila Jaber, récord nacional de buceo libre, un ejemplo que inspira la conservación del Gran Acuífero Maya". Gobierno de México (in Spanish). Secretaría de Cultura.
  5. "Se inspira en el agua: sirena mexicana gana premio con corto ambiental". Conecta (in Spanish). Tecnológico de Monterrey. 8 November 2021.
  6. "El tesoro oculto de Yucatán: Camila Jaber". Aprendemos Juntos (in Spanish). BBVA México. 15 September 2021.
  7. "Camila Jaber implants a new national freediving record". Vamos a Bucear (in Spanish). 26 November 2020.
  8. "Camila Jaber alcanza la hazaña de los 90 metros bajo el agua". Milenio (in Spanish). 26 December 2025.
  9. "Camila Jaber logra un nuevo récord nacional de profundidad en cenote – The Xibalba Freediving Competition". La Jornada Maya (in Spanish). 14 May 2025.
  10. "Es mexicana, rompió un récord de apnea y tiene un trabajo soñado: es la entrenadora de sirenas de "Wednesday"". La Nación (in Spanish). 7 September 2025.
  11. "Camila Jaber: apneísta mexicana entrenó sirenas de *Merlina*". Milenio (in Spanish). 4 September 2025.
  12. "'I was afraid for my life' — Orlando Bloom puts himself in peril for new TV series". Associated Press. 17 April 2024.
  13. "Cenotes – Clip from H2O: The Molecule That Made Us". PBS. Public Broadcasting Service.
  14. "Vida marina de Revillagigedo llega a la pantalla de la Cineteca Nacional". Government of Mexico (in Spanish). Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. 4 November 2025.
  15. "The diver fighting for Mexico's cenotes". UN News. United Nations. 31 October 2021.
  16. ""I Am Cenote" – Camila Jaber, 25, Mexico (1st Place)". PAPER Magazine. 26 October 2021.