Diving is jumping or falling into water. It can also mean swimming beneath the surface of the water.
Kristin was injured twice while diving off the Cliffs of Heaven in a recreation of Cirrus IV on the holodeck. (TNG: "Conundrum")
Skindiving
Skindiving is diving without a wetsuit, using a snorkel. Once, Geordi LaForge went skindiving off the coral reef on Bracas V. He would later relate this experience when the Enterprise was being pulled through space by what appeared to be a school of two-dimensional lifeforms. (TNG: "The Loss")
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is diving with special self-contained breathing equipment.
Scotty used a force field instead of a normal wetsuit and breathing aparatus when diving on planet Argo.
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Sky diving
Sky diving is the falling part without the water part.
See Orbital skydiving.