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Hungarian Scuba Diver Sets World Record with 270m Unaided Scuba Dive July 10, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : News, OceanDiving , trackback

Underwater Times has reported that a Hungarian scuba diver Gusztav Riczler has successfully dived to 270 mtrs and returned through eight hours of decompression unaided. The dive took place at the Blue Hole, in the Red Sea. From the report;

The 37-year-old man set the new mark by diving to a depth of 270 meters near the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea, in the Blue Hole. Riczler descended to the maximum depth in 14 minutes, and then started the long ascent back to the surface, which required several decompression stops that totaled eight hours. The diver was equipped with eight oxygen cylinders, which contained gases of different composition to be breathed in at different depths.