The Deepest Dive Ever

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There are some places on earth where the human body will fail to go. 1,000 feet below sea level is one of those places. However, a South African deep diver, Nuno Gomes, did not mind those limits. In 2005, Gomes set the official record of deepest Scuba dive ever.

That is still today’s record. He descended 1,044 feet into the depths of the Red sea, and is hesitantly, making it to the surface alive.

For context, at depths of 100 feet, symptoms of nitrogen narcosis begin, with the toxic gas bubbling into a diver’s tissues and brain, causing motor coordination problems and symptoms of drunkenness.

At 165 feet, hallucinations and feelings of terror can kick in. At 230 feet, a diver can brown out, his body might probably fail. And at 300 feet, unconsciousness and death can occur.

With the help of helium gas mix called Trimix, and a lifetime of experience and training his body to function to the place where most bodies fail, Gomes completed his record dive yielding to only mild decompression sickness. Nobody has gone deeper on a self contained breathing apparatus since Gomes got the record.