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December 29, 2003
British Scuba Diver Sets New Depth Record Mark Ellyatt, a British technical diving instructor, set a new world record for the deepest scuba dive when he descended to a depth of 313 meters (1,026.9 ft) off the island of Phuket in Thailand, beating the previous record by about 5 meters (16.4 ft). No independent verification of the record was immediately available.
Another British diver, John Bennett, set the previous world record of 308 meters (1,010.5 ft) on November 6, 2001 off the island of Mindoro in the Philippines.
According to news reports, it took Ellyatt 12 minutes to reach the record-breaking dept, but six hours and 40 minutes to decompress and return safely to the surface. The Briton took six tanks down with him and had another 24 brought down by support divers. This dive took 10 years of preparation. Apparently his motive was to improve safety standards, not necessarily to set a world record.
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