Category Archives: Technical Diving

Just weeks after South African Nuno Gomes set a new world record on open circuit scuba to a depth of 318m in the Egyptian Red Sea, French technical diver, Pascal Bernabe, surpassed the record by setting a new world record … | READ MORE… →

Cyber Diver News Network has issued further details on Nuno Gomes’ dive to 318.25m in the Red Sea. They report a run time of the dive of 12 hours and 20 minutes and utilized a team of nine support divers. … | READ MORE… →

A new deep dive world record has been set by Nuno Gomes, using Poseidon Dive Equipment. The new world record depth of 318,25 meters (1044 feet) was set June 11th 2005 in the Red Sea. Details are sparse at the … | READ MORE… →

On May 29th, 2005, A nine-man technical diver team set a new deep wreck diving world record of 633 feet near Ormoc, The Phillipines. It has been reported that lead diver Rob Lalumiere made his deep descent to the deck … | READ MORE… →

Last week a group of Technical Divers completed an expedition in the Lebanon region with the purpose of diving the wreck of HMS Victoria (amongst others). This vessel has an amazing history and was the British Mediterranean flagship. She sank … | READ MORE… →

Jill Heinerth and Patty Mortara the co-owners of WomenUnderwater.com and editors for the NEW women’s diving section (which will premier here on DeeperBlue.net in the near future) are sponsoring a $500 scholarship. This scholarship will be awarded to a woman diver to expand … | READ MORE… →

British divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthen have set a new cave diving record at Wookey Hole in Somerset. The two divers utilized specialized rebreathers that they had customized and according to the divers, they had to utilize lift bags … | READ MORE… →

Scuba Diving International (SDI) was approved for RSTC Membership at the August 2004 meeting. By unanimous vote, the RSTC Board of Directors welcomed its newest member. Scuba Diving International, which came into existence in 1999, will now join IDEA,PADI, PDIC, … | READ MORE… →

After 40 years of scientific research that led to the discovery of new life forms, helped confirm the theory of plate tectonics, and enthralled schoolchildren around the world with seafloor images and video, the research submersible Alvin will be replaced … | READ MORE… →