World Record Cave Dive - 282.6 m (927 feet) - Nuno Gomes

Nuno Gomes dives to the deepest point of Bushmansgat Cave in South Africa with the assistance of his team. The cave is 1550 m (5000 feet) above sea level

[@nickelmickel4170]

With all the experts in the comments section i am suprised the record is not broken daily.

[@Fiveinaline]

truth is the new hate speech Pfffft broke it twice before lunch this morning mate. Lol

[@redseamole]

truth is the new hate speech . your comment itself deserved a record for being the most underrated comment in yt!ü

[@andyramirez7115]

Fr tho

[@Gizziiusa]

welcome to the internet...dipshit. hey, i got one fer ya. With all of the commentators, sarcastically commenting on others comments condescendingly in the comment section, one would think such an activity as being, well... assholeish.

[@whisperingwhiskerss4877]

nickel mickel RIGHTT‼️ wimps

[@thejh6572]

The cameraman break the same record.

[@cmcproductions26]

Those credits at the end make me miss the early, mid 90s. I wish times wouldn't have changed so much. I miss simpler times like the early, mid 90s. I was born in 1990. So those times are all a blur to me, because I was so young. But what I can remember, makes me miss it so much.

[@XxXyzxX]

I wished to see Deon's name in the credits or a small tribute...

[@timpage5021]

Deon Dreyer died in this cave helping Nuno prepare for this dive 2 years earlier. Dreyer stayed in Bushmans hole for 10 years till Dave Shaw died bringing Dreyer up.

[@rednissan001]

Such a sad story it was as well.

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

All that for a few bones.

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

This is like calling ambulance for an accident and then the ambulance got into accident and then the paramedics called ambulance for them and that ambulance got into accident too. I mean, Jeez please tell me nobody died trying to recover dave shaw's remain.

[@JD-jl4yy]

@@Mostasteless8805 Wrong. Their remains floated up when the rest of the divers pulled up the distance line. Shaw got tangled with this line and the corpse. Where did you get your story from? It's completely wrong.

[@Mostasteless8805]

@@JD-jl4yy a random video just like this one

[@Hammermj88]

To everyone asking "why"... More people have walked on the surface of the moon and floated around outer space than have explored the bottom of that cave. I don't see that changing anytime soon either.

[@richardroberson2564]

The bottom of that cave is the exact same darkness as the rest of the cave.

[@kazzykaioken8873]

Nobodt aint walked on the moon. U really think they went there and then just destroyed all the scientific data and the rocket that took them... and all that before 1g data or mobile phones u must be crazy

[@kazzykaioken8873]

@abba & peach loool so let me ask, do you beleive man went to the moon and president nixon was able to call the astronauts from the whitehouse landline before the invention of mobile phones or the internet? Btw the ship and scientific tolemytry data from the moon landing was all desteoyed by nasa.. not put in a museum or scientific journal but DESTROYED

[@kazzykaioken8873]

@Kevin Smith Did they have mobile phones yet?

[@wahidtrynaheghugh260]

@@kazzykaioken8873 oh boy here we go. I’m grabbing a bag of popcorn. This is one of my favorite comedies!

[@dark2ooth]

That sweater he was wearing in the beginning looked hand made and amazing.

[@serfranklin6022]

I made it

[@deavenhayes8187]

@@serfranklin6022 can I have one

[@serfranklin6022]

@@deavenhayes8187 of course not, you can't afford it

[@deavenhayes8187]

@@serfranklin6022 cmon please I make you pizza

[@EveryDayHoliDay]

Respect, Nuno Gomes!

[@freedfree7933]

"Theres no turning back".. His head was 6inches below the water lol

[@mrbillyb1966]

😆😆😆😆

[@rezhaadriantanuharja3389]

I think he had spent who knows how much money in preparation, equipment, and planning and he had spent months or even years to prepare for this. Turning back means it all goes down the drain

[@freedfree7933]

@@rezhaadriantanuharja3389 I was taking it literally because it’s funny;)

[@austinarcher486]

There is still a body in the cave when this was recorded in 96

[@omgwtflmaololrotfl2368]

Very true and it must have been very scary to know the cave killed Deon and his body was still down there.

[@tylerofviolence]

Multiple bodies and remains of humans are located in the cave. Before 96 and after. RIP

[@CarlosRodriguez-dy7oq]

There was an attempto to recover the Deon's body. David Shaw died also in that attemp. Both bodies where recovered from the cave in last years (2008? 2009? I don't remember)

[@cmcproductions26]

@@CarlosRodriguez-dy7oq they were recovered a few days after David Shaw attempted to recovery the body. So it was January 2005.

[@XxXyzxX]

@@tylerofviolence That's not true. One woman died in the cave before Deon and Dave but her body was recovered immediately. So Deon was the only known body in the cave at the time of the dive. I'm a bit confused why he wasn't mentioned at all as he was even preparing dives for Nuno earlier when he died in the same cave.

[@dg8062]

Surprised one of the best cave divers in the world doesn't have more subscribers 👏

[@henerymag]

He would go on to set the world record of 318 meters (1033.5 ft.) Balls of steel.

[@coleenhudson8924]

Congratulations, Nuno. Just seeing your tanks going slowly out of sight was incredible... Please always be safe. Much love to you from Florida. ♥️🎈♥️🌞🌴😎🙏

[@300bares]

Fantástico Nuno. Obrigado por partilhares os videos com o mundo.

[@randy1189]

12 years later.

[@JadziaDaxxxx]

Wow!!!! This video is totally inspiring. I didn't know about you Nuno, I first got to your video just browsing videos, and now i've read some more about you, I have to say you are awesome!! :) I just became a PADI instructor, and so far, never did cave diving, it kinda freaks me out a bit, but I will try cenotes in mexico, that's not as tech i've heard. Keep on uploading vids!! :) and thanks for sharing! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

[@styrofoamx229]

I’m 13 years late to the party but glad to have some positive news after a world record cave diving attempt 👍

[@PuhoyOG]

Sup mate I didn't expect seeing such a recent comment

[@alekzandaaaaaaa]

@@PuhoyOG sup

[@TheFireGoose]

Eg

[@Ballin191]

Kind of unsettling to think that the body of another diver (Deon Dryer) has been laying on the bottom of that cave for a couple of years while Gomes did this dive. Im surprised he didn't run into it during his 4 minutes of bottom time.

[@Fiveinaline]

Nuno Gomes Holy shit it’s the man himself! Is it true Deon was helping you set up a dive at Bushman’s when he died?

[@timpage5021]

Right. Dreyer died preparing Nuno for this dive. Which makes it even more fucked up. Then Dave Shaw died bringing Dreyer back up 10 years later.

[@timpage5021]

@@Fiveinaline yes it's absolutely true .

[@Fiveinaline]

Tim Page Man....that whole thing is one huge tragic fucking story hey

[@whisperingwhiskerss4877]

Nuno Gomes congratulations

[@kgal1298]

Fascinating I already saw the stories about Deon and Shaw so I guess that's why this was recommended, though I still personally will never comprehend the need to go for records like this.

[@mrs.polghetti5763]

grande Gomez e capace.Solo espertissimi riescono a fare queste immersioni e senza problemi. the big man

[@speleopillo]

Fantastic dive Nuno

[@ailenemyfavoritesongniceso6255]

He's excellent ...body , soul and spirit are all connected.....

[@galileoextremegroup6339]

Coooool man!!! The fist risen high for you!!!!

[@robertocarrico4084]

Parabéns Nuno Gomes em nome de Portugal

[@cliveodriscoll2116]

No its NOT Dumb, some people Understand and Others don't, the Respect I have for Nuno is well, He knows.... Nuno isn't someone who just does these Dives for saying he did, He does it for Himself, that is what I believe and it takes more BALLS than you could ever imagine....

[@jinksonyou]

I absolutely agree with you 100% Clive! I know this was posted in 2008 but I'll says a BIG CONGRATS to you Nuno! Cheers from Canada

[@allthegreattimesnj]

Ball made of steel!!respect!!

[@olblu8746]

" nuno you can't go down to over 800 ft. " Nuno: " hold my glass of water."

[@dzakonda]

very nice Nuno...greetings from Poland ;]

[@finnallen2169]

bruh

[@nicholas8476]

One thing everyone forgets about Heliox is the temperature conduction.. You get cold so much faster.

[@DrTWG]

You have to know something in the first place to forget it !

[@skeetersaurus6249]

I just happened to watch the 'Blue Hole Dive' at Dahab, Egypt last night...and I was wondering about the 'deepest tank dive' and where it happened. The one question I have, is relative to saturation diving...and that is simply this: the deepest saturation dive was 1,700-ft and required a 5-day decompression afterwards...why was Nuno Gomes able to decompress from 1,000-ft after only 12-hours? I've seen the U.S. Navy charts for deep dives...and 12-hours is WAY TOO SHORT for decompression from 1,000-ft...unless it is tied to the fact that he basically 'shot down to the bottom' in 15-minutes, then IMMEDIATELY started his return ascent...which with Heliox, would mean that he did not become fully nitrogen 'saturated' to 1,000-ft depth, but maybe only 200-300 ft depth. I'm not familiar with 'extreme' dives (beyond 40-meter recreational, in fact)...anyone who actually knows want to comment?

[@DipityDADoo]

Decompression models when in water are different from saturation diving. On a standard decompression model there is still a possibility to get decompression sickness. Divers also have to weigh the risks of DCS against their remaining gas. While ascending on a Saturation dive you don't need to worry about gas consumption or getting cold so the chamber operators are extra conservative with decompression to guarantee the divers don't get DCS.

[@johnwinkler5361]

The reason is what you said: the duration at the bottom.Saturation divers stay at the bottom pressure for days.But here he stayed maybe two minutes maximum at the bottom.Each minute more he would have stayed would mean hours more of decompression.

[@natdizzle4259]

at those depths every minute he stays would be like another hour of deco

[@Diver6106]

Hooyah & congrats!!!

[@AdairRibeiroJr]

Parabéns Nuno...um grande abraço do Brasil, Adair

[@randy1189]

12 years later...

[@bigPianist99]

Congratulations!!

[@dchartier1]

Nuno, Awesome dive and achievement! I'm curious, what kind of drysuit and undergarment were you wearing, and when during the dive did you start to get uncomfortably cold? Best, Doug

[@Krayzboiayp]

This is lunacy, but I can't stop watching these videos

[@kermit30au]

WOW and far out! well done!

[@atlantean1078]

I can hold more nitrox cylinders on my back then you Diver in thumbnail: hold my beer

[@dylansnyman5901]

Than*

[@lukeferreira7546]

Dylan Snyman lol

[@antonnettemerur1462]

I don’t think that’s nitros it could be toxic

[@sebastianloessl7982]

@@antonnettemerur1462 dont they like use trimix or something? Replaced the nitrogen with helium

[@antonnettemerur1462]

@@sebastianloessl7982 yes they do they use trimix which is helium with o2

[@plastifabusa5953]

Very cool cave dive.

[@keesfransen]

Great achievement diving that deep and surviving! Reading the book of David Shaw helped me to understand all threats and dificulties...

[@mirobln8745]

Kees Fransen which book and were can I find it?

[@j0JP]

Wonder if this account is still online after 10 years

[@randy1189]

10 years and 8 month later.

[@adityasingh3331]

11 now

[@omarbekdash9846]

Didn't he die recovering a dead body deep underwater

[@robertocarrico4084]

that´s wat is all about a great man and a Portuguese above all.

[@whisperingwhiskerss4877]

This is a little too extreme 😱 Congratulations. 😦

[@bobnice3044]

What some men do just to get away from the wife.

[@coleenhudson8924]

Hahahahahaha.

[@sniger2004]

Achieved a world record and had to deal with being stuck in the mud. Mental fortitude to the fullest. What a legend!

[@NickyDekker89]

Insane! Haha. Congratulations!

[@1046Fay]

2 hours deco at 6m and 3 hours deco at 3m....hardcore ... I'm count the strands on the polypropylene shotline when I off gas for 3 mins ..!!!

[@user-wv8xz3vi3l]

yea, you are right. BUT! the world record if 342 meters. and 11 HOURS of deco! thats really crazy

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

@@user-wv8xz3vi3l Also his WR. In the ocean

[@AvidDiving]

so why no rebreather? 4 tanks of trimix and the + stages for deco seem like alot of more work. then needed to do this?

[@Lilliz91]

AvidDiving at the time rebreathers weren’t used like that yet. David Shawn the first one to use rebreather like that. That’s when he made his record and was realized that rebreather would be more useful and help against hypothermia as well.

[@crankatorium]

He has as drive that not a lot of people possess like you.

[@HondamaniaSi]

Nuno!! = STUD!

[@PPA87]

Man your amazing

[@sonyadempsey5154]

I wished the footage was longer and more detailed.

[@nunogomes8286]

There is a full video on Discovery, somewhere :))

[@Sky-bq7dy]

Do u know to swim

[@chandanshakya]

KZbin Recommendations at 1 am duh

[@IndianaDundee]

At 3 meters you can get decompression sickness?

[@theHefa]

@wevenor No, the decompression time is longer because the atmospheric pressure is lower than on sea level. Difficult to explain in a foreign language. :-)

[@keegan6666]

how did people figure out the lengths of time in the various decompression levels?

[@zakariaott]

They have a dive computer on their wrist which calculates it for them.

[@chrisstrebor]

Pretty sure he ment to begin with lol

[@jonathantisdale4309]

Awesome wonderful

[@victorcontreras9138]

Atta boy, Nuno👍This accomplishment is something for the Latin community

[@dirtbikdan]

Who’s filming though???

[@Matt-mt6xk]

Why does he decompress at such small water depths? I thought it would be even increments from the bottom up. Is it some exponential type curve based on the lowest depth?

[@gp123lIlI]

I think pressure decreases exponentially

[@gp123lIlI]

Long shallow decompression stages allow gas to dissolve faster than short deep stages

[@dwikysaputra623]

kudos for you sir nuno

[@davidgates851]

I dove the marrianas trench with no tanks...just a deep breath, was tough, is this a record?

[@derpnerpwerp]

I'm kinda curious if Nuno was contacted to potentially assist in recovering Deon Dreyer's body. It seems like he might have wanted to help given that he died assisting Nuno's team setup at this location. Given his technical skill and familiarity with the location, I wonder if having 2 divers at the bottom capable of assisting each other would have helped

[@nunogomes8286]

My team and I did extensive searches for Dion's body, my record dive itself was part of the search (my book "Beyond Blue" explains everything). I was not asked to assist Dave Shaw with the body recovery. I was doing a chamber dive that day, when the call came in regarding Dave Shaw's demise.

[@sniger2004]

@@nunogomes8286if asked, would you have considered doing a recovery dive ? at that depth I would imagine the enormous risks to be a deterrent

[@cmcproductions26]

​@@nunogomes8286would u have assisted Dave if asked?

[@JM-hf9bl]

Viva Portugal!

[@uncle1886]

Wait what about the other two divers with him recording? They got the record too…

[@franciscowashington2155]

E muitas coragem 👍👍👍👍😎

[@hankwatson7424]

So this is same place dave shaw broke record an recovered dryers body an died thats a crazy diver story how he pass away but by some unreal way brought back the guys body with his wow these guys are a different breed they know it could be it everytime an still go forward thats courage

[@wevenor]

amazing to see. i am reading a book at the moment about David Shaws life of deep cave diving. Very interesting, its whats made me look this up so that i can picture what im reading. Does it make a difference to the pressure under water being that far above sea level?

[@Fiveinaline]

John Turnbull Short answer... Yes, this 280 something metre dive equates to about a 339 metre dive because the +AGL

[@divingadventures121]

Shaw dove on a rebreather. He died basically because he was on 4%oxygen and over exerted himself. He could’ve lived he switched to his bail out.

[@Afloatingshoe]

@@divingadventures121how would switching to his BOB of saved him?

[@divingadventures121]

@@Afloatingshoe because he overwhelmed his co2 scrubber by over exerting. Bail out is OC, hence no co2 scrubber.

[@Afloatingshoe]

@@divingadventures121would his bailout of been mixed gases? If it was only oxygen and he breathed that at 270m he’d be doomed

[@mountfairweather]

That cup of coffee after musta been the best tasting coffee ever

[@teddyboukagain9985]

Incredible

[@alexrice3318]

Any tec diver want to explain what he was breathing? Was he switching between trimix blends in each of those tanks? Theres no single gas he could breathe for that whole dive.... And why did he opt not to use O2 to flush out some nitrogen and cut back on deco times?

[@Direwolf56]

my dad use to be a diver and im looking forward to getting my license when im 16 a whole lot. I tried to ask my dad this question, but he keeps confusing me. Does the tank and regulator push air into your lungs to help you breathe under the high water pressure when you inhale? How hard was it to breathe at that deep?

[@jacobcook1013]

So did you get your license?

[@paperplane2114]

Jacob Cook well 9years man

[@whisperingwhiskerss4877]

Direwolf56 hey be careful out there ☺️

[@whitelambo9430]

How’s diving going

[@water6133]

How's diving going

[@DaRougaroux1]

Balls of steel. No way in haven or hell I would do it, even with the right equipment and knowledge.

[@Lehmann108]

Wait, he's diving on air? I'm amazed he survived.

[@TheJamie1965]

I was reading through the comments trying to find that out. That's insane. I always believed air became toxic after something like 75m. and that to go deeper you had to have tri mix. I don't know what the limits of tri mix are.

[@cmcproductions26]

What makes you think that? Nobody who dives that deep can dive on just air. He's diving with mixed gas. Im guessing thats why he's got numerous tanks on his back.

[@mannualfpv6293]

He's almost definately not diving on air, I mean from a diver like Nuno, and a dive like this, he must at least use a gas like Nitrox or trimix

[@Foxtrap731]

He would not have survived if he was using air.

[@jayanthapremalal1083]

Best

[@rocketqueen7355]

Is that 1996 dive?

[@PPA87]

Brave brave brave

[@PoltergeistHC4L]

Actually the french military did a test many years ago to 350m and film it.

[@rocketqueen7355]

Hydra Comex?

[@GreenWaterStudio]

wooow, respect!!!

[@samsudinabdulrazak247]

Going down takes only 13 minutes..coming up it takes 12 hours..that’s a very long time to be in under water

[@Berkcam]

He has good taste in suits... Poseidon everytime.

[@minime5380]

That’s bonkers

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

nuno at pickanninie as well or no?

[@niemanickurwa]

I didn't know that only 3 metres is that important for decompression. Anyone give me some interesting info on that?

[@KeyWestGlenn]

There are dive graphs that can tell you how long and how often to make safety stops

[@PROSTO4Tabal]

5mins at 300m, 5years deco

[@briangman3]

mega dangerous

[@wawaelias8842]

i have always loved the sea and what can be under and the thought of having a massive creature down there we dont know about and all that other stuff, i have appreciated sharks and the beauty of colorful fishes,. but shit deep water diving its to claustrophobic for me to dive deep, in total darkness water all around you the slightest mistake can be your last !!!! this has cajones!!!

[@etiquettefiend]

Stunts!

[@keesfransen]

@laczob David died in the second dive... he survived the first dive...

[@NihilistGhost]

is he still down there?

[@keesfransen]

@@NihilistGhost No, a couplet of data later he surfaced in the cathedral at 30 meter depth. During the clean up the found him...

[@paidkillerbat1920]

Is that 6 tanks he using

[@homgrownbud]

crazy....

[@johnguzman8637]

Why would he decompress at 3 meters after diving to 280 ? That seems like such a huge gap

[@reafdaw01]

The counter-intuitive thing is that the most intense pressure drop is within the top 10 meters. Pressure doubles within 10 meters. 250 to 260m is a small relative difference in pressure. But I agree it is weird. Usually, the long deco stops are at 21m and 6m but probably many other things need to be considered on these extreme dives.

[@johnwinkler5361]

I think it is due to the high altitude of the cave.Since it is at a higher altitude, there is even a bigger relative difference between the air outside and the water a few meters down.

[@allykatz0505]

He went down first, saw the body, came back up with the record dive n said he saw the body of Deon Dreyer.. It was then that he decided he would go back down to bring back the body..

[@GoblinGoodfella]

allykatz0505 That was David Shaw who tried to recover Deon's body ten years later and he died when trying to recover the body of Deon.

[@oneactionman]

It was David shaw not him

[@TecDiver05]

@sonvme1 anywhere beyond 500 feet in stretching your own luck pretty thin. Cave diving is amazing, I stick with cenotes in Mexico though. I have to say Nuno has been around longer than any of the other deep divers so he must be doing something right, which I believe is not screwing around at depth. In the end you do not want to drown it's a horrible way to die, especially in a pitch black cave. I stick with sunlit caves, they are beautiful and not usually to deep of a dive.

[@MegaCharns]

A cave has no light? Being a tech diver I think you should at least know the difference between a cave and a cavern lol

[@MegaCharns]

And suffocating first, then drowning I imagine U wouldn't even know U died.

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

At 0:32 You stated, “ His gear weigh 135 Kilograms”. That comes to, “297 Pounds!!”

[@barrettt8661]

Why was he not using a re-breather?

[@coleenhudson8924]

That wasn't a thing yet. ♥️

[@gjones1316]

No big deal. That’s how I get to work every day 🙂

[@lh7801]

"Theres no turning back ..." Ummmmmm what?

[@TronBons]

How do you know he made it that far?

[@serfranklin6022]

His computer recorded depth

[@arkadiuszswitaj2620]

noo noo..Krzysztof Starnawski big 404 winner

[@janinkatyc8836]

12 hours OMG

[@Julianthebasketballgod]

Damn!

[@sp8s1979]

Wow

[@bossiwhat]

yet not a single person has commented on the hilarious name of this cave...

[@chuckp342]

Vadim Melcov It means "Bushman's Cave"

[@Fiveinaline]

Vadim Melcov It’s Afrikaans for Bushman’s Cave...what’s so hilarious about that?