The current world record for deep scuba diving is 332.5 metres done by Ahmad Gabr in 2014.

One of the most asked questions from non-divers is "how deep can you go?" and while the answer is relatively easy in that you can go to a max depth of 18 metres as a PADI Open water diver, 30 metres as a PADI advanced open water diver and 40 metres if you have completed the PADI deep diver course, there are a lot of caveats with these Max depths for recreational scuba divers due to the facts that the pressure at depth has an effect on both you, the scuba diver, and your scuba equipment and while these are touched on in your earlier courses we will go into much more details in this PADI deep diver specialty course.
During this course not only will you learn the dive theory about pressure effects at depth you will get to experience them with 4 increasingly deeper dives during which you will practice basic skills like navigation and emergency bailout along with a couple of tests to show you the effects the pressure is having on you.
While this is one of the more challenging PADI Specialty course on offer it is also one of the most satisfying course you will do as once you have completed this course you will feel comfortable enough to slowly build up your deep-diving experience so that you can safely dive down past 30 metres to depths most other scuba divers cannot safely go to.