Extreme Altitude Diving
Although no official records are recognized, the highest recorded altitude at which a scuba dive has been conducted was 19,300 feet (5,900 m), by a team led by Dr Charles Brush and Dr. Johan Reinhard in 1982 in Lago Licancabur. This record was equalled by a team led by Dr. Nathalie A. Cabrol (SETI Institute/NASA Ames) in 2006. That year, Cabrol set the highest recorded altitude scuba diving for women. She also free dived at lake Licancabur in 2003 and 2004.
The deepest known staged decompression altitude dive was conducted by Nuno Gomes at Boesmansgat (Bushman's hole) in South Africa. Conducted at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet (1,500 m), Gomes dived to a depth of 927 feet (283 m). Gomes's decompression schedule was calculated as being equivalent for a dive to 1,112 feet (339 m) if it had been conducted at sea level.
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