French technical diver, Pascal Bernabe, has set the new deep diving record at 330m; just weeks after South African Nuno Gomes reached 318m in the Egyptian Red Sea. Bernabe broke the record in Corsica on open circuit, with a descent time of less than ten minutes and at a cost of 529 minutes decompression.
The dive on Tuesday was the 41-year-old's fifth attempt at breaking the open circuit deep diving record, which he spent three years preparing for. Dive manufacturer Ralf Tech sponsored the event, which involved a thirty-strong dive team and 12 support divers.
The experienced deep diver completed the dive on trimix, carrying seven cylinders - 20 cylinders were also placed on three decompression lines. According to Ralf Tech, Bernabe is safe and in good health following his 330m dive.
