Misc. Article

New Depth World Record: 318.25m

Submitted by : Addict
Date: Jun 13, 2005

A diver in South Africa has broken the world depth record for SCUBA.

On Friday, June 10, Nuno Gomes of South Africa dove to a depth of 318.25m (1,044 feet), breaking the 2003 record of 313m held by Mark Ellyatt. This was Gomes' second attempt at this world record - failing on his first attempt last year due to equipment failure.

The 52 year old engineer took 20 minutes to get down to that depth, and 12 hours to ascend.

Gomes now holds 2 world records: Deepest Sea dive and Deepest Cave Dive.

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