Deepest dive on scuba [Freshwater

Deepest dive on scuba [Freshwater | Women]

Last updated: August 26, 2017 at 14:20 pm

221 m (725 ft) – Verna van Schaik (South Africa), Boesmansgat, South Africa, October 25, 2004. Altitude: 1,500 m (4,921 ft) (Corrected depth: 261 m / 856 ft). Time to descend: 12 min. Total decompression time: 5 hours, 27 min. The record dive required 40 decompression stops.

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Boesmansgat Cave in South Africa. Image from Google Maps

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