Yesterday Curly Tales broke the news about the launch of the world’s deepest swimming pool in Dubai. Deep Dive Dubai, will open later this month to Dubai-aites and it looks like people are already eager to take the plunge. Well, the legendary movie star Will Smith has now become the first person to dive into the world’s deepest pool. The celebrity took to Instagram to share his experience and here’s what he had to say.
The Legendary Actor Took To Instagram To Share His Experience
Will Smith shared a video of his diving experience on Instagram. In the video, he said that one of his friend told him about the deepest pool. He then lowers the camera, giving us a glimpse of the depth of the incredible new pool.
“So I’m always in Dubai, and a friend of mine told me I have to check out this pool. There’s something weird about it. Deep Dive Dubai, I’m about to go down. The deepest pool on Earth, 200 feet deep. Madness,” Will Smith said in his video.
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Deep Dive Dubai Features A Sunken City, Underwater Habitats, Underwater Studio & More
Deep Dive Dubai is located in Nad Al Sheba and measures 60.02 metres in length. The pool can hold 14 million litres of water, which is equal to six Olympic-sized swimming pools. Apart from being an new attraction itself, there’s yet another striking feature the pool boasts. The pool features a sunken city, complete with abandoned streetscape, apartment, garage, arcade and other interesting features. Well, deep divers are sure to have a time of their life, exploring the underwater world.
The pools spans 1,500-square-metre and is designed to look like a giant oyster. Besides, the pool also has two underwater habitats, 56 underwater cameras covering all corners of the pool and an underwater sound and mood lighting system. The pool pumps in clean water, and the used water is filtered and circulated every six hours. The temperature is maintained at 30°C. And, lastly the pool is also home to a dive shop, gift shop, as well as a variety of meeting, event and conference spaces.
In addition, a restaurant that seats 80 people as well as a hyperbaric chamber (used to treat decompression sickness and other conditions), are expected to launch before the end of the year. As well as, the venue will be home to an underwater film studio, complete with a media editing room and a video wall. Fanc-eh!
The pool is currently open by invitation only, and public bookings will be possible by the end of July. The pool offers freediving, scuba diving experiences, as well as courses, to people of all abilities by international diving professionals. Deep Dive Dubai will then offer experiences and courses across three categories: Discover, Dive and Develop. The courses are open to anyone aged 10 and above, from beginners to professional divers.
All participants will have a guide and must rent equipment required. Underwater gear, and photo and video equipment will be available for rent, with videos and photos included with Discovery Dives.
Deets
Location: Deep Dive Dubai
Timings: Wednesday to Sunday from 10am-8pm
Cost: Experiences and courses are from AED 800 onwards