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His record of 66 m (217 ft) for Constant Weight without fins, set in 2004, [5] was beaten by 14 m in 2005 by Czech free-diver, Martin Štěpánek, who was also the holder of the Free Immersion record of 106 m (348 ft); Nitsch recorded 100 m (328 ft) in September 2003, but his record was bettered by a dive of 101 m by Carlos Coste of Venezuela ...
The current no-limit world record holder is Herbert Nitsch with a depth of 214 metres (702 ft) set on 9 June 2007, in Spetses, Greece, [6] however, in a subsequent dive on 6 June 2012 in Santorini, Greece to break his own record, he went down to 253.2 metres (831 ft) and suffered severe decompression sickness immediately afterwards [7] and subsequently retired from competitive events.
A freediver has broken a record for the deepest dive underneath a frozen lake without wearing a wetsuit. David Vencl, 40, swam 52.1 metres below Switzerland's Lake Sils in a single breath. The ...
STORY: This freediver has broken the world record for the deepest diveLocation: Long Island, The Bahamas26-year-old Arnaud Jerald descended to a depth of 393.7 ft in bi-fins The dive took 3 ...
Pascal Bernabé is a French scuba diver who in 2005 laid claim to the world best for depth on a deep dive using self-contained breathing apparatus.Bernabé claimed to have reached a maximum depth of 330 metres (1,080 ft) using trimix on 5 June 2005 near Propriano, Corsica. [1]
Trimix scuba cylinder label IMCA Trimix cylinder shoulder colour code alternative IMCA Trimix cylinder shoulder colour code. Trimix is a breathing gas consisting of oxygen, helium and nitrogen and is used in deep commercial diving, during the deep phase of dives carried out using technical diving techniques, [1] [2] and in advanced recreational diving.
Deep diving can mean something else in the commercial diving field. For instance early experiments carried out by COMEX using heliox and trimix attained far greater depths than any recreational technical diving. One example being its "Janus 4" open-sea dive to 501 metres (1,640 ft) in 1977. [2] [3]
Diving as deep as possible with the use of fins or a monofin. CWT ICE = Constant weight with fins under the ice in cold water. Diving as deep as possible with the use of fins or a monofin. CNF = Constant weight without fins. Diving as deep as possible without fins. FIM = Free Immersion. Diving as deep as possible by pulling down and up the rope.