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[Andreas Triantopoulos]

Longest Dives

Longest Underwater scuba submergence in a controlled environment
The continuous duration record-with no breaks-for remaining underwater using a breathing apparatus is 220 hours by Singapore adventurer Khoo Siow Chiow on December 25, 2005.

Longest Open Freshwater scuba dive
Jerry Hall (USA) spent 71 hours, 39 minutes and 40 seconds underwater on August 6-9, 2002 in South Holston Lake, Bristol Tennessee, USA. Using scuba gear for his dive, Hall spent most of the time reclining on a wooden platform suspended by cables underwater.

Longest Saltwater scuba dive
On December 2004, Johan Beukes spent 82.5 hours underwater in the uShaka Marine World Aquarium in South Africa.

Deepest Dives

Deepest open circuit scuba dive
Pascal Bernabe; (Ralf Tech/WR1 Team) on July 5, 2005 descended to 1,083 feet (330 m). The dive took place near Propriano, Corsica.

Deepest Rebreather dive
The late Dave Shaw on October 28, 2004 set the world record depth for a rebreather dive when he descended to 885 feet (270 m) using a modified Mk 15.5 rebreather at Boesmansgat, South Africa. This was also the deepest cave dive on a rebreather and the deepest altitude dive on a rebreather. The cave elevation is 5,085 feet (1,550 m).

Deepest wreck dive
On December 12, 2005, Leigh Cunningham and Mark Andrews set the deepest wreck dive on the MV Yolande at a depth of 205 meters (672 feet). They spent six minutes on the wreck and had a run time of 205 minutes. Mark Andrews and Leigh Cunningham are both Instructor trainers for the professional scuba association and teach a range of technical diving in the Red Sea.

Deepest woman wreck dive
On Mayday, 2007, local technical diver and instructor Nina Preisner set a new world record. At 13.40 local time, she became the deepest woman wreck diver on open circuit scuba, having glided comfortably down through the blue to settle on the bow of the Jolanda at a depth of 159 metres (529 feet). Carrying 6 tanks of various breathing gasses and accompanied by Oceans' Deepest Angel, Neil Black, she spent 4 minutes on the sunken deck of the stricken vessel during a dive that lasted 157 minutes, most of which was spent decompressing.

Highest Dives (altitude diving)

In 2000, a Russian team (Andrei Andryushin, Denis Bakin and Maxim Gresko) set the unofficial world record for high altitude scuba diving at Lake Tilicho in the Anapurna range in Nepal. They dove at an altitude of 16,000+ feet.

In 2002, NASA planetary geologis Dr. Natalie Cabrol set the unofficial world record for high altitude free diving in the Licancábur volcanic lake in Chile/Bolivia. The lake is at 19,400

Largest Underwater Caves (Total Surveyed Passage)

• Sistema Ox Bel Ha, Tulum Mexico: 134, 048 meters with a maximum depth of 110 feet
• Sistema Sac Actun, Akumal, Mexico: 61,941 meters with a maximum depth of 82 feet
• Sistema Nohoch Nah Chich, Akumal, Mexico: 61,143 meters with a maximum depth of 235 feet
• Cenote Dos Ojos, Akumal, Mexico: 56,6971 meters with a maximum depth of 391 feet
• Leon Sinks Cave System, Florida: 30, 480 meters with a maximum depth of 240 feet
• Wakulla Springs Cave System, Florida: 42,100 feet with a maximum depth of 300 feet

Deepest Underwater Caves

• Zacaton, Mexico: 1,148 feet deep, Jim Bowden
• Fontain de Vauluse, France: 1,033 feet deep
• Boesmangat, South Africa: 1,016 feet deep

Deepest cave dive by a Woman
In October 2004, Verna van Schaik from Gauteng, South Africa set a world deep diving record by diving to a depth of 725 feet (221 m) at Boesmansgat cave.

Longest Solo Swimming Dive into a Cave
Sheck Exley, 1989, Chips Hole cave system, Florida, solo swimming penetration of 10,444 feet

Longest Solo Scooter/DPV Dive into a Cave
Gilberto Menezes (Brazilian), September 20, 2004, Bananeira Cave, state of Bahia in Central Brazil, Solo scooter/DPV penetration of 6,400 meters (21,000 feet) in the upstream sump of the cave system. The dive lasted 11 hours 23 minutes and was stopped in going passage. The Bananeira sump starts 400 m inside the cave and comprises a narrow passage 3 m wide and 2 m high in average with a silty floor. Although the water is warm (c. 25 ºC), visibility is never more than 3 m being only 1.5 m during the 2004 dives. The underwater passage is generally shallow in the first 3,500 m (25 m maximum depth) becoming gradually deeper until a short loop at around 6,000 m penetration brings the depth to 50 m. The dive was stopped in the ascending portion of the loop at 20 m depth. In his longest push two Submerge Inc. UV-42 scooters (specially adapted with 65-amph @ 24-volts NiMH batteries enabling a total range of about 10,000 m per scooter!) were used. The dive used conventional (open circuit) apparatus and a total of 33 tanks were either used or were in place at the sump during the longest dive. Trimix 25/50 was used from the surface to 25 m depth (up to 5,800 m penetration). Trimix 16/70 was used from 25 to 50 m in depth (from 5,800 m to 6,400 m penetration). Nitrox 70 was used for decompression from 12 m to 7 m in depth (3,000 m to 1,800 m penetration) and pure oxygen was used at 6 m depth (1,800 m penetration) and 3 m depth (1,500 m penetration).

Longest Cave Penetration Dives (scooter/DPV and swim)

Scooter/DPV:

• Gilberto Menezes, September 20, 2004, Upstream sump of Bananeira cave, state of Bahia in Central Brazil, 21,000-foot penetration scooter/DPV dive at a maximum depth of 164 feet
• WKPP divers, 2000, Wakulla Springs cave system, Florida, 19,000-foot penetration scooter/DPV dive at a maximum depth of 300 feet

Swim:

• Sheck Exley, 1989, Chips Hole cave system, Florida, 10,444-foot solo penetration swim dive

Longest Cave Traverse (distance from one cave entrance to another)
WKPP divers, May 29, 1999, Leon Sinks Cave System from Big Dismal to Cheryl Sink, Leon County, Florida, 14,000-foot scooter/DPV traverse at a maximum depth of 220 feet