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The deepest scuba dive reached 332 metres

Egyptian diver Ahmed Gabr set the mark in the Red Sea in 2014 Gabr descended to 332.35 metres off Dahab in September 2014, a dive that took about 12 minutes to reach depth and nearly 15 hours to return safely. The ascent required dozens of stage cylinders and long decompression stops to avoid the bends. Depth was recorded on a sealed gauge and verified by observers at the surface and underwater. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Egyptian diver Ahmed Gabr set the mark in the Red Sea in 2014. The figure is taken from PADI, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.