A Elena Konstantinou Film: "Big Splash" 101 dives for the advancement of scuba medicine and science

Reporter, off-screen: In addition, the divers who have agreed to participate in the research are not just regular scuba divers, but technical divers. The depth of over a hundred meters is not only an accessible depth for them, but it is also the depth in which they are comfortable. To help them breathe so deep underwater, these scuba divers use trimix, a mix of three gasses: helium, nitrogen, and oxygen. Lately, there are more and more people willing to use this mix underwater. Now technical diving is accessible and very popular.

Scientists say that they are preparing for medical testing, while divers are getting their gear in shape. And here is Nuno Gomes, a real world champion of deepwater diving. He is testing the contents of his gas tanks with the help of a gas content analyzer. This man has managed to dive as deep as 318,25 meters, and return from there alive. Here, at the lake, his motto is to find out more about his body, and how it reacts to high pressures down below.