Dahab’s 1,090-foot record dive revisited: 12 minutes down, nearly 14 hours of decompression

EcoPortal.net revisited, in a report published on 26 October 2026, a record-setting deep scuba dive made off Dahab in the Red Sea: the diver reached 1,090 feet (about 332 metres) in roughly 12 minutes, and the climb back to the surface then took nearly 14 hours of staged decompression. The dive was made by Egyptian diver Ahmed Gabr in September 2014, so the story is a look back rather than a new record.

For perspective, recreational scuba diving is limited to 40 metres. A dive like this needs specialist training, mixed breathing gases and a large support team, and it is not something to attempt. It is a reminder that Dahab is one of the best-known places in the world for deep and technical diving.