The record
breaking dive to 205 metres on the wreck of the Jolande
on the reef that was named after her. Jolande was a Greek Cypriot cargo ship which hit the
reef in 1996 and slid down the slope coming to rest in 200 metres. This dive broke the
world record for the deepest wreck dive.
Not to be outdone by her male counterparts, Nina
Priesner followed Leigh and Marks lead and dived to 160 metres to the bow of the Jolande,
breaking the womens deepest wreck dive record in the process.
Carried out in two phases due to the enormity of
the task, The Ocean Tec technical cave diving team surveyed and mapped the largest
underwater cave system ever found in the Red Sea. The deepest system starts at 80 metres
and continues down to
150 metres in depth