Brothers Declan and Paul Devane, from Galway, hope to spend 40 hours submerged, with “no breaks, no meals, no toilet stops”. The fact that the dive will be in open water will add the vagaries of an “uncontrolled natural environment”, with changing elements and a water temperature of about 15 degrees C.
Planning will have been helped by Declan Devane’s knowledge of human physiology. He works as a senior lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the National University of Ireland in Galway.
The brothers have also received “huge support from the scuba diving community, who are providing a range of standard and specialist equipment”.
Backed by a support team, the Devanes will begin their dive at Scubadive West Dive Centre in western Galway on Saturday, 10 October. If successful they will claim the Guinness World Record for the Longest Cold, Open Saltwater Scuba Dive.
Even more importantly, they will be raising funds for children’s medicine, Declan Devane having lost his two-year-old son, Cillian, in February.
Money raised will go to the St Raphael’s Children’s Ward at Beaumont Hospital, where Cillian was cared for, and to the charity CD’s Helping Hands, which supports families of sick children.
For more on the record attempt and to make a donation to the fundraising initiative, go to www.worldslongestscubadive.com
Alternatively, email to info@worldslongestscubadive.com.
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