On Thursday, November 3rd at 20.11 o’clock (local time), a worldwide attempt will be made for a new world record in night diving. Night dives will take place in many corners of the world. New countries are participating each year, and this year will probably be no different.
Approximately 3000 divers from all over the world are expected to be underwater at 20:11 (8:11 pm) this first Thursday in November.
Tone Svee Dahl (33) from Fredrikstad, Norway, is the initiator of the world record attempt. She is the woman behind Diversnight and has created a voluntary organisation which now coordinates the efforts of local Diversnight event organizers all over the world.
Diversnight started in 2005, as an result of Tone serving cakes, and inviting divers to social dive trips. The purpose of Diversnight is to promote the sport of scuba diving, to bring together scuba diving communities from all over the world, and to show how exciting and adventurous the sport is - during any season and any time of day.
Previous Diversnight arrangements:
1.2005: 351 divers in Norway.
2.2006: 889 divers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
3.2007: 1859 divers in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and also Svalbard.
4.2008: 2183 divers in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Egypt, Indonesia, France, Spain, Faroe Islands and also Belgium
5.2009: 2749 divers, 218 divesites and 20 countries
6.2010: 1700 divers, 175 dive sites and 22 countries
7. We are going for a new record! In 2011 the gods of weather were against us covering most of the Nordic dive sites with ice.
During the past years both local and national medias have shown a great deal of interest in this. We hope that this will continue with this year’s Diversnight. We would appreciate an article or feature prior to the event, as well as some coverage of the actual world record attempt itself.
There is more information available at our website www.diversnight.com
You may also contact us at: info(at)diversnight.com
The Diversnight Team
