World Record Cave Dive - 282,6 m (927 feet) - Nuno Gomes

[LTL220]

WOW!! You ROCK!!

[Loader2k]

David Shaw used carpet underlay felt as a scrubber in his re breather as he couldn't get hold of a new one. (his supplier was moving premises and had packed them away) His scrubber had been incorrectly and roughly reassembled. He knew he shouldn't have made that dive. He died of ego driven stupidity. Very Sad. He was so narced that when he got his knife out to cut away he couldn't remember why he had the knife in his hand. It is quite clear on the video he took at the time

[aerobirdboy]

Im curious if you or anyone you know has tried anything similar on hydrogen/oxygen mix. I heard COMEX have done chamber sims and some real world dives on it. Have you tried?

[HondamaniaSi]

Nuno!! = STUD! 

[kees1919]

Great achievement diving that deep and surviving! Reading the book of David Shaw helped me to understand all threats and dificulties...

[wevenor]

amazing to see. i am reading a book at the moment about David Shaws life of deep cave diving. Very interesting, its whats made me look this up so that i can picture what im reading.

Does it make a difference to the pressure under water being that far above sea level?

[theHefa]

@wevenor No, the decompression time is longer because the atmospheric pressure is lower than on sea level. Difficult to explain in a foreign language. :-)

[niemanickurwa]

I didn't know that only 3 metres is that important for decompression. Anyone give me some interesting info on that?

[halpern6]

awesome clip Nuno....I'm surprised they haven't approached you to plug the gulf oil leak...LOL.

[sonvme1]

Why keep going through this? Eventually you will die. Every other deep sea diver did. Why don't you stop? So sad to me. What are you trying to prove?

[nuno32181]

@sonvme1 I agree with you, one can only push one's luck so far :)))

[DaanBakbanaan]

@sonvme1

its annoying to hear people say things like you do.

He lives is life and does what he loves, maybe the thing YOU love isnt that dangerous.

Its better to live 50 years doing the thing you love most, then living 100 years NOT doing thing you love most.

[TecDiver05]

@sonvme1 anywhere beyond 500 feet in stretching your own luck pretty thin. Cave diving is amazing, I stick with cenotes in Mexico though. I have to say Nuno has been around longer than any of the other deep divers so he must be doing something right, which I believe is not screwing around at depth. In the end you do not want to drown it's a horrible way to die, especially in a pitch black cave. I stick with sunlit caves, they are beautiful and not usually to deep of a dive.

[lionOFjudah33]

Amazing stuff Nuno, you really are an inspiration to your fellow divers.

Do you know where I can find a copy of Beyond Blue?

[doomthemovie]

5 stars

[Mulkkusaatana]

Fantastic dive Nuno and congratulations for world record cave dive!

[sambo200818]

Awesome Nuno!

Much respect!

As a diver myself, I can only dream of reaching the depths that you've attained!

[speleopillo]

Fantastic dive Nuno

[laczob]

Actually Nuno wasn't the only one to reach the bottom of this cave, but the only one to survive it. In 2005, David Shaw dived to the bottom (with a rebreather) to recover the body of his friend Deon Dreyer, who drowned there in 1995. After working hard to untangle the body, David's equipment couldn't meet his gas demand and finally Shaw stopped breathing. His last dive is recorded on video...

[nuno32181]

Quite right, the bottom slopes from 263m to 282,6m. The first diver to reach the bottom was Sheck Exley (263m) in 1993. The second diver to reach the bottom at 282,6m was myself, the third diver to reach the bottom was Dave Shaw (270m). Unfortunately the other two divers have unfortunately passed away while diving

[laczob]

Anyway, I admire Your skills Nuno. I am currently a rescue diver, but I don't wan't to go tech any time soon. I feel more comfortable in shalow waters :) Once I dived a small cave in Hungary (with speleo-guide). The bottom was at 46 m. I was so narced, that I hardly remember, what I've seen there :)

[Direwolf56]

my dad use to be a diver and im looking forward to getting my license when im 16 a whole lot. I tried to ask my dad this question, but he keeps confusing me. Does the tank and regulator push air into your lungs to help you breathe under the high water pressure when you inhale?

How hard was it to breathe at that deep?

[nuno32181]

The regulator works much like a snorkel, once one initiates a breath it will assist to a certain extent. Down deep the gases are denser and it is more difficult to breath. Regulators may fail at great depth and stop working completelly, it happened to me once at 271m (890 feet).

[kees1919]

@laczob David died in the second dive... he survived the first dive...

[300bares]

Fantástico Nuno. Obrigado por partilhares os videos com o mundo.

[kermit30au]

WOW and far out! well done!

[canadianNS420]

5 STARS BRO

[nuno32181]

Thanks CanadianNS420

[adrianopizarro]

vr3

[JustWonderingHowToDo]

What dive computer did you use. Does anything even work at that depth?

[nuno32181]

VR3's work down to 282-292m before the pressure sensor collapses (they will retain the depth at which the collapse occurs).

The old UWATEC computers which read in feet worked past to 999 feet before the pressure sensor collapses (they will then clock over and start from zero again but not very far, max. that I got was 1011 feet before the pressure sensor collapses).

There are a few new computers that claim that they can go deeper (we will have to see???)

[GOneScUBa]

WOW! Very impressive Nuno!

"He has taken his body to its limits & dived to depth that NO other man has ever achieved."

5 stars & favorited! :)

Thanks for posting!

[AdairRibeiroJr]

Parabéns Nuno...um grande abraço do Brasil,

Adair

[dzakonda]

very nice Nuno...greetings from Poland ;]