1/3 away to breaking the record, 1/4 away from setting the target!!

Four hours into the dive- we are 1/3 away from beating the current record for the longest cold water dive and a quarter of the way from reaching our target goal of 15 hours. Sean still being supplied with drinks, food and medication on the hour. He has managed to get a couple of minutes sleep but is now awake again making sure that the CCTV is in place for when the sun is up :)

Some of the team is up in the hotel room having a quick nap until there next dive time. In the meantime, Sean still in high spirits and happily swimming around in his natural habitat :) !!! 

Well done Sean and well done team- you're doing great!!! Keep up the good work!

2 hours down already!

Already 2 hours have passed since Sean entered the water with his safety team. Entry went in smoothly and well on time. Since then the divers have swapped shifts over and taken Sean his hot drink. As seen on the CCTV he was quite pleased to have received it and happily drank away :)

The third team of divers are now sitting on the edge waiting to jump in and head down to base camp with the Camel back full of Sean's first dose of medication. Message brought back to Land was that Sean is in high spirit and extremely confident about the way the dive is going. He is now having a swim around and will probably have a short snooze shortly.

Land support is busy recording diver logs and files, whilst also helping divers get in the water as well as out of the water. Hot drinks are obviously not only being supplied to Sean but also to all the divers 

Once again for any divers wanting to pleasure dive you are more than welcome to join us tomorrow in day light. The charge for cylinders at the school will be that of 10Euro. This will be donated to Dar tal Providenza as the event has been organised in aid of this organisation.

And Off We Go!!!

Sean has just entered the water at 00.02 accompanied by lead divers Ian Warwick and James Norris, together with Partrick Schembri and Daniel Sammut. They have just reached base camp and as we can see here on CCTV they are happily swimming around settling in. Lead diver Leo Dunaev and Dymar Angileri are not kitting up and getting ready for their dive shift. They will be entering the water at 00.50.

The team has been immensely busy throughout the past 2 weeks testing equipment, placing in lines and the cctv unit, setting up  marker buoys. All seems to be going well and in our favour. Delighted to have woken up to a beautiful sunny day and would like to say a special thank you to Corinthia St George Hotel, Marina Resort Hotel and CT Park for all their kind help throughout the weekend.

Will keep you all updated as the dive progresses- stay tuned.

Time to rest

With only less than 24 hours to go the team has been super busy making final preparations and testing equipment. After a long day down at the dive school, the team is off to rest as we have finally reached the day of the Event - Come down to Starfish Diving School on Saturday 3rd of March at 11.30pm to see Sean McGahern and the WRDMalta team attempt to set the new Guinness World Record for Longest Cold Water Open Sea Dive- See you all there!!!





independent. newspaper Malta

Sean Mcgahern on One Radio with Aaron Benjamin

This is a radio on super 1 radio interview by Aaron Benjamin about the upcoming world record attempt. Sean will be attempting to break the record of longest cold water dive in Malta,
Thanks Aaron see you soon thanks for the slot on air......

World record breaking attempt at St George's Bay next weekend - timesofmalta.com

World record breaking attempt at St George's Bay next weekend - timesofmalta.com

This GWR will be to raise money for local charity in Malta with the support of every one for 'DAR TAL-PROVIDENZA'
We firmly believe that we should shoulder some of the responsibility and participate in the Church's mission to offer security and other support services to those who seek support. RTK4Charity is determined to help in the creation of a more caring society that would contribute and in the process, enhance the potential of those who seek its support. Please help. Your contribution will make a difference.

 

rtk for charity.