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Σας ευχαριστούμε!

Thank you!

Thank you very much!

We are glad you like it.

We have made other videos on our channel about this cave. Feel free to have a look. A larger more detailed video will be made about this exploration dive.

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Bart who reached 240m was on a dual Liberty (primary and bail out). Members of the support team dive a Hollis Prism 2 and a Triton CCR.

Fresh water is less dense than salt water, so the rate of pressure increase is slightly different. Pressure increases by 1 atmosphere every 34 feet/10.05 meters, as opposed to 33 feet/10.36 meters for salt water.These are both estimates because the density of water changes very slightly with temperature, and ocean water has variable salinity, which impacts on its density. But its not a significant difference.

@@addicted2h2o Looking at the information you provided, I see that cave diving is a very, very serious business. It requires both knowledge, experience and courage.

Thank you! Maybe in the near future, but achieving more depth is not the main objective. Exploring the cave’s other passages especially if it continues linear is a more important objective.

Yes its 240 meters in depth. Normal scuba or recreational scuba does not exceed 40 whilst dives to 100 meters in technical diving in not uncommon these days. A combination of many things are needed to achieve a dive beyond 200 such as gas mixes, specialised equipment, support, training & experience, planning, etc. Lots of hard work and money goes into it.

@@addicted2h2o Ok, gas mixture is the magic I was wondering if used in this case. Thanks.

Thank you for your kind words. This video has helped to get the channel more subs. Lots of hard work has gone into creating all this content and we enjoy it since it’s our hobby. I hope more people in the future discover this channel and appreciate it like you. Most people in diving are less interested in the actual diving and more in the vlogs, presentations, and talking about the diving. For us, the number of subs has never been our priority or aim. It always has and will be about the actual diving and bringing back footage from the places we dive….. real life. The diving and hard work that comes with it may get you less subs, but that’s ok :)

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No issues. We equalise our ears at frequent intervals up to arround 20 or 30m (depending on the diver) after which its not needed, they adjust. This applies to all diving in general from recreational open water to technical diving.

Thank you. Feel free to watch some of our other videos on the channel. We have lots of content available from dives over the past years.

3% helium was used at depth and yes HPNS was and is always a concern at any dive beyong 100 meters.

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Yesss, it does, but at these depths every few meters more is a huge undertaking. And literally every second down there adds a bunch of minutes to your decompression time, so there's no time for playing around 😜

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Sometimes there are some fish, but usually near to the entrance. On other caves you can find purely white small shrimps or something like this

None in this cave that we know of.

Thanks for your interest! We will be working on a longer documentary version, including some above water shots, and also shots of the diver, not only the view from the dpv :)

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How does it feel to be at 200m? That's around 20 atm, right?

This cave has constant 10-11 degrees all around. No matter shallow or deep

Cold enough :)

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Not quite. All the gear is pressure tested to at least 300 meters, I carried spare scooter, spare lights, double CCR, And addionally open circuit bailout, full undersuit heating with spare batteries... We put a lot preparations into making it as safe as possible :) But of course, the risk is still there, and it is definitely bigger than in a common 30 meter reef dive

Thank you! 5+

Yeah, basically it's years of preparations, training, gear and solutions testing etc. But we love it 😁

Probably trimix gas and a habitat for like 12 hours of decompression too.

Thank you! TX 3/84

@@addicted2h2o That’s some serious diving. Stay safe 👍🏻👍🏻🇳🇴

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Thanks! The depth indeed is impressive, but fortunately I experienced no out-of-ordinary symptoms due to extremely high pressure exposure

​@@bartpitalao, it is really depth (going down). I was in doubdt if it was referring to cave length, sorry. But so deep, need gas mixture? Because normal scuba equipment cannot go that deep? (Excuse my ignorance). Or is that deep in a cabe is not the same as deep in open water?

@@alamos8 it is similar to open water diving. Down adjust oxygen levels, use Helium or Hydrogen to reduces gas viscosity and/or to counter-act effects of Nitrogen on the mind at high pressure.

Been once to mexico for cave diving and it is really cool! Hope you have a wonderful time!

Thank you and glad if this inspires others. Wishing you the best in your endeavors always with as much safety as possible.

Several people for support at shallower depths. These are no ordinary open water dives.

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Σας ευχαριστούμε. Οι βουτίες αυτές γίνονται με δύο ριμπριδερ που χρησιμοπουούνται κατα την διάρκεια όλης της κατάδυσης, τόσο στο μέγιστο βάθος όσο και στην αποσυμπίεση. Οι φιάλες παρέχουν έξτρα ασφάλεια σε περίπτωση που κάποιο απο τα δυο ριμπρίδερ αστοχήσει. Φυσικά οι φιάλες περιέχουν μείγμα trimix, με εμπλουτισμένο οξυγόνο στις ρυχότερες στάσεις όπως και σε μια trimix κατάδυση με ανοιχτό κύκλωμα.

@@addicted2h2o αυτό είναι το θαυμάσιο έχουν γίνει πολλά ατυχήματα παλιά σε καταδύσεις που δεν χρησιμοποιουσαν trimix κ μόνο οξυγόνο κ σε μεγάλα βάθη πάθαιναν νάρκωση αζώτου και πνίγονταν, ευτυχώς τώρα το κάνουμε με ασφάλεια. Θα χαρούμε να ανεβάσετε κ άλλα βίντεο από εξωτερικό Jacobs well κ στην Αυστραλία στο the shaft Mount Gambier πραγματικά θαυμάσιες εμπειρίες γ κάποιον δύτη👌🏼🌊🙏🏽

Thank you! We will be working on a documentary about this dive. For the time being feel free to visit our website (in the description) to see more details about the dive and site.

This dive is like a tip of the iceberg, with all the years of preparations, costs, physical training etc invisible. Probably in a longer version of the vid we will touch on this topic, stay tuned! 😉

Thanks! 6 hours. We are working on a documentary, will take some time though since this is not our profession but a hobby.

watch some of our other videos :)

NDL is 0 at that depth :) If you meant how much time was spent in the newly explored sections then 7.

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Total dive time was over 6 hours. 5+ for deco.

The deco stops started around -120 meters depth and continued for the next 6 hours 😜

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@@addicted2h2o 😮

Thank you! The total dive time was just over 6 hours. Two Liberty rebreathers were used, a backmount and a sidemount. Battery canisters for the heated undersuit plus two scooters, a main one and a back up. Plus several stage tanks parked at strategic points should they be needed.

@@addicted2h2o So awesome man, you are inspirational to even venture into an underwater cave let alone to 240m! How long did it take you with the scooter to hit 240m? How was it fixing the new line past the previous deepest explored point, must have been an interesting feeling that!

These dives require adequate support. There were a total of 6 cave divers supporting. You can find the dive profile and more info at our site addicted2h2o.com

As you can see in the vid, I use the scooter going down on a full throttle almost 😀. So it's like 50m/min descent speed. Pretty darn quick. But a descent in 5-6 minutes instead of 10-15 allows to significantly reduce the amount of decompression acquired during the descent phase.

we all will eventually find that gateway :)