Ultra-deep Diving
| Name | Location | Depth | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuno Gomes | Red Sea Red Sea South Africa South Africa |
1,044 feet (318 m) 890 feet (270 m) 927 feet (283 m) 826 feet (252 m) |
2005 2004 1996 1994 |
| Pascal Bernabé | Mediterranean Mediterranean |
1,083 feet (330 m) 873 feet (266 m) |
2005 2005 |
| Krzysztof Starnawski | Red Sea | 928 feet (283 m) | 2011 |
| David Shaw | South Africa | 888 feet (271 m) | 2004 |
| Gilberto M de Oliveira | Brazil | 898 feet (274 m) | 2002 |
| John Bennett | Philippines Philippines |
1,010 feet (310 m) 833 feet (254 m) |
2001 2001 |
| Jim Bowden | Mexico Mexico |
925 feet (282 m) 825 feet (251 m) |
1994 1993 |
| Sheck Exley | South Africa Mexico |
863 feet (263 m) 867 feet (264 m) |
1993 1989 |
| Don Shirley | South Africa | 820 feet (250 m) | 2005 |
| Mark Ellyatt | Andaman Sea Thailand |
1,026 feet (313 m) 850 feet (260 m) |
2003 2003 |
| Dariusz Wilamowski | Lake Garda Lake Garda Lake Garda |
804 feet (245 m) 867 feet (264 m) 801 feet (244 m) |
2009 2010 2012 |
Amongst technical divers, there are certain elite divers who participate in ultra-deep diving on SCUBA below 660 feet (200 m). Ultra-deep diving requires extraordinarily high levels of training, experience, fitness and surface support. Only eight (or possibly nine) persons are known to have ever dived below a depth of 800 feet (240 m) on self contained breathing apparatus recreationally. That is fewer than the number of people who have walked on the surface of the moon. The Holy Grail of deep SCUBA diving was the 1,000 ft (300 m) mark, first achieved by John Bennett in 2001, and has only been achieved five times since. Dives of this nature have been impossible to verify - proof being as tangible as faith more often than not. Since the recent introduction of depth gauges capable of reading to 330 metres (1,080 ft) it is unlikely that such records will be attempted in the future.
In 2003 Mark Ellyatt claimed dives to depths of 260 metres (850 ft) and 313 metres (1,027 ft).
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