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There are a few people that seem to be able to do it, i've watched a record attempt on the box and it all looked pretty real with record recorders etc their, think it was a women and she went down quite a long way :)

 

Yeah, I think the world record is held by a blond haired Woman. Her record attempt was diving down to a shipwreck or something like that? That particular one is legit :D

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As of 4 July 2010 (2010 -07-04)[update] the AIDA recognized world records are:[6]

 

Discipline Gender Distance [m] Time Name Date Place

Constant Weight Apnea (CWT) Men 124 - Herbert Nitsch 2010-04-22 Bahamas

Constant Weight Apnea (CWT) Women 101 - Natalia Molchanova 2009-09-25 Sharm el Sheikh Egypt

Constant Weight Apnea Without Fins (CNF) Men 100 - William Trubridge 2010-12-13 Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas

Constant Weight Apnea Without Fins (CNF) Women 62 - Natalia Molchanova 2009-12-03 Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas

Free Immersion Apnea (FIM) Men 120 - Herbert Nitsch 2010-04-25 Bahamas

Free Immersion Apnea (FIM) Women 90 - Natalia Molchanova 2009-09-27 Sharm el Sheikh Egypt

Variable Weight Apnea (VWT) Men 142 - Herbert Nitsch 2009-12-07 Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas

Variable Weight Apnea (VWT) Women 126 - Annelie Pompe 2010-10-05 Sharm el Sheikh Egypt

No-Limits Apnea (NLT) Men 214 - Herbert Nitsch 2007-06-14 Spetses, Greece

No-Limits Apnea (NLT) Women 160 - Tanya Streeter 2002-08-17 Turks and Caicos

Static Apnea (STA) Men - 11 min 35 sec Stéphane Mifsud 2009-06-08 Hyères, Var, France

Static Apnea (STA) Women - 8 min 23 sec Natalia Molchanova 2009-08-21 Aarhus, Denmark

Dynamic Apnea With Fins (DYN) Men 265 - Dave Mullins 2010-09-02 Wellington, New Zealand

Dynamic Apnea With Fins (DYN) Women 225 - Natalia Molchanova 2010-04-25 Moscow, Russia

Dynamic Apnea Without Fins (DNF) Men 213 - Tom Sietas 2008-07-02 Hamburg, Germany

Dynamic Apnea Without Fins (DNF) Men 213 - Dave Mullins 2008-08-12 Wellington, New Zealand

Dynamic Apnea Without Fins (DNF) Women 160 - Natalia Molchanova 2009-08-21 Aarhus, Denmark

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Static Apnea (STA) Men - 11 min 35 sec Stéphane Mifsud 2009-06-08 Hyères, Var, France

Static Apnea (STA) Women - 8 min 23 sec Natalia Molchanova 2009-08-21 Aarhus, Denmark

 

That is unbelievable, I tried before and almost drowned after 45 secs from getting bloody cramp lol

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Its very risky when there going down to 250 + metres then back up in one hit, no idea how they do it. I couldnt hold my breath very long at depth but say at 5-10ft under 3 mins was easy enough but i did train and was very fit, also didnt smoke !!

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It looks like the diver went a lot deeper than he actually did as the light is restricted by the high walls.

 

If he was in open water at that depth it would be almost indescernable from normal daylight.

 

He went down no more than 50 metres in my opinion.

 

Free divers don't suffer from the bends as the only air in their bodies was inhaled at sea level so its at normal atmospheric pressure. Their lungs collapse to the size of a child's fist when they dive due to the water pressure over coming the atmospheric pressure in their lungs so the air in their lungs offers very little bouyancy after 15-20 metres.

 

Scuba divers breathe air at the same pressure as the surrounding water (the water pressure increases by 1 atmosphere or 1 Bar (14.7 psi) for every 10 metres of water above you). So at 10 metres deep you are inhaling twice the amount of air in every breath compared to what you could inhale at the surface, at 20 metres its three times the amount, at 30 metres its four times, and so on.

 

When a scuba diver is resurfacing from anything more than 15 metres it is normal practice to stop every 5 metres for 5 minutes to allow the concentrated nitrogen in your blood stream (this arises from breathing pressurised air) to make its way back to the lungs and be exhaled safely. The bends occur when the diver surfaces too quickly, the gas doesn't get time to move to the lungs and re-expands with the decreasing water pressure around you while its still in the blood stream.

 

Nasty to say the least but its not usually fatal if treated in time.

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When a scuba diver is resurfacing from anything more than 15 metres it is normal practice to stop every 5 metres for 5 minutes to allow the concentrated nitrogen in your blood stream (this arises from breathing pressurised air) to make its way back to the lungs and be exhaled safely. The bends occur when the diver surfaces too quickly, the gas doesn't get time to move to the lungs and re-expands with the decreasing water pressure around you while its still in the blood stream.

 

Nasty to say the least but its not usually fatal if treated in time.

 

Yeah otherwise you get a bad head :) I did a 30 metre dive and came up without enough stops and my head hurt for hours.

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