Bulgarian woman, Ina Dimitrova set a world record for the deepest scuba dive in saltwater for women. Dimitrova descended to a depth of 201 metres during a training dive in the Red Sea on Tuesday, private bTV station reports.
Dimitrova became the second woman to reach a depth of more than 200 metres. The previous record for the deepest dive in saltwater for women was held by the Mexican Sofia Ponce, who descended to a depth of 190 metres in 2010.
The record for the deepest dive in fresh water for women is currently held by Verna Van Schaik from South Africa, who descended to a depth of 221 metres in 2004. Dimitrova descended for five minutes and forty seconds, while her ascent time was 282 minutes.
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You guys have obviously never heard of the Wet Mules and Sandy David or is this purely because she was diving solo and it was a bounce dive
Hi Kieran, I have actually heard of the Wet Mules as we are closely connected to rEvo Rebreathers and I am also friends with the guys at DKG Drysuits in Australia who I believe do quite a bit of diving with the Wet Mules. As I understood it the Wet Mules are not really into self publicity but simply do some epic dives 🙂 We would love to feature more about the team if possible though. If you have anything to share it would be great to hear from you via our contact page!
Regards
Lee
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