Aquaphilia also called hydrophilia is a term used to describe a form of
sexual fetishism which involves images of people swimming
or posing underwater, and sexual activity in or under water.
Literally "water lover" comes from the Latin word “aqua” and Greek “philia”.
Some subsets of this category are underwater glamour,
breath holding, underwater fashion (models posing underwater,
often while fully clothed), scuba fetishism, rubber
(people in skin-tight rubber wetsuits), simulated
or fantasy drowning (often incorporating asphyxiation), mermaids,
and underwater sex.
The term "Aquaphile" was first used by Phil Bolton, when he
created the "Aquaphiles Journal" - an online magazine
for followers of the underwater erotica scene published in the 1990's.
The psychology of Aquaphilia was the subject of a paper
by the late Dr Corinne Lamberth (a therapeutic counselor
based in Lewisham, South London) in 1998.
A copy of this paper was published in the Aquaphiles Journal in early 1999.
Aquaphilia as a fetish has numerous followers,
as exemplified by the number of different websites
that can be found discussing the subject.
As with many fetishes, there are several producers
of specialist underwater and aquaphile media,
including photographers, video producers and authors.
Video By: George P. Traikos - Liquid Trip (2007)
Music by: George P. Traikos (Black Orange) - Overflow (2005)
Model: Kate Jullieti