Deepest cave dive [USA]

Last updated: August 21, 2017 at 13:51 pm

157 m (515 ft) – Chuck Noe (USA), Goodenough Springs cave system (Del Rio, Texas), July 20, 2008. The dive required the use of sidemount configuration (open circuit) in order to pass an extremely tight high-flow restriction at a depth of 58 m (190 ft).

SOURCE:
Goodenough Springs Exploration Project

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