Matt Damon shows off his guns as he goes snorkeling in Ibiza with wife and pals
The 54-year-old was enjoying a break from filming Christopher Nolan's big-screen adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey.
Matt flexed his bulging biceps while fiddling with a snorkel before his swim in a pair of black swim trunks.
Tranquil: Matt was enjoying a break from filming Christopher Nolan's big-screen adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey on the 'Loloma' yacht
Damon - who recently shaved off his thick Odysseus beard - looked relaxed as he vacationed on the Spanish isle famed for its nightlife and EDM club scene in the summer.
Matt was joined on the yacht by his wife of 19 years, Luciana Bozán Barroso.
The 49-year-old showed off her toned bikini body in a bandeau, floral sarong, and brown cowboy hat.
Close: Matt and his wife were seen deep in conversation
Matt and his wife have a strict rule in their marriage to never go more than two weeks apart from each other.
Luciana was surrounded by three swimsuit-clad gal pals as she sunned herself on the deck.
After exploring marine life below the Balearic Sea, Matt hoisted himself up the ladder back on the yacht.
After his swim, Matt dried off his glistening wet body and wrapped the towel around his shoulders.
Ocean: Matt cooled off with a spot of snorkeling in the Balearic Sea
Among the dozen others aboard the fancy boat was billionaire Gateway, Inc. co-founder Ted Waitt, who also stripped down to enjoy a swim.
On Monday, Matt nearly fell off a dinghy after attending his buddy Chris Hemsworth's 42 birthday lunch at nearby seafood spot Casa Jondal.
Damon mingled at the party with the likes of Chris' brothers Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth as well as filmmaker Taika Waititi and his wife Rita Ora.
But none of that celebrity entourage was present Tuesday with the family.
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'That's something that's missing in the modern world. Social media is very divisive and fracturing, but being in a real-life environment that's all about coming together, there's something very attractive about that to people.' Davis's experience is backed up by the reels on TikTok and Instagram showing archive footage from clubbing days when no one had phones and everyone was in it for the good time. And new research from Liverpool University shows that clubbers in their forties and fifties make up a significant part of the city's underground club culture. Sometimes the majority of those at underground events are now over forties. Liverpool's Richard Anderson, author of the Persistence of the Underground in Dance Music Scenes, researched clubs that were, he says, trying to create evenings where people could lose their inhibitions and be friendly in an unfriendly society. He was surprised to find how many of those who attended were Generation X. 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