Bathyscaphe Trieste
Trieste is a Swiss-designed, Italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe, which with its crew of two reached a record maximum depth of about , in the deepest known part of the Earth's oceans, the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench near Guam in the Pacific. On 23 January 1960, Jacques Piccard (son of the boat's designer Auguste Piccard) and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh achieved the goal of Project Nekton.
Woodville Karst Plain Project
WKPP divers hold every deep (below ) distance record in underwater cave diving. WKPP director Casey McKinlay and Jarrod Jablonski hold the world's record for the greatest distance below ) from air in a cave dive - each way at Wakulla Spring at an average depth of . This record dive required more than 29 hours submersion including 16 hours of decompression (also a record). The WKPP also hold the world's record for the longest traverse between two known entry points - one way between Turner Sink and Wakulla Spring at an average depth of . The WKPP is also responsible for exploring and mapping more cave passageway below 190ft than any other organization in the world - . In total, WKPP explorers have mapped and explored as of June, 2018.