Australian diver finds remains of fellow diver

An Australian deepwater diver has discovered the 10-year-old remains of a dead fellow diver while setting a new world record today. Australian David Shaw found the skeletal remains of Deon Dreyer, who died in 1994 inside Boesmansgat near Danielskuil in the Northern Cape at a depth of 271m.

Shaw broke the former world record of 242m for diving with rebreather equipment instead of the normal scuba diving equipment set by three German divers. He says he wanted to go further, but had to stop when he discovered Dreyer's remains.

It took Shaw nine and a half hours to complete the dive, most of this time taken up by decompression. Verna van Schaik broke the world record for women on Monday when she reached a depth of 221m at Boesmansgat.