Early this month, Deep Dive Dubai opened, just 10 days after it was named the world's deepest diving pool by the Guinness World Records.
A CNBC report specified, Dubai is already home to the tallest building in the world. Now, as mentioned, it can lay claim to the deepest diving pool in the world, as well.
This new indoor pool is almost 200 feet deep and is holding nearly 3.7 million gallons of water. It is home too, to a vast underwater attraction that resembles a "sunken city" that divers can explore either by themselves or with a guide.
Such an attraction is open to travelers who are 10 years old and above, including those who are for the first time, donning a mask and task.
Fragments of a Lost Submerged City
This new vertical diving pool of Dubai, designed with graffiti, crumbling facades, and a huge portrait of Marilyn Monroe hanging on the wall, contains the fragments of a lost submerged city.
There is an apartment building and library, even an arcade that has a vintage Pac-Man machine, foosball, and pool table.
When it comes to the underwater city's size, various dives are required to completely explore it, the Deep Dive Dubai website described.
Beginner divers can dive to a 40-feet depth, while those who have certifications can explore the whole pool be it with a guide or none.
In addition, certified divers can free dive as well, which is diving minus a tank, using breath only, while associated with a fixed ascent line. Courses are available too, to teach divers new skills.
Stunning Design of the Indoor Pool
A similar World News Era said diving in a pool has many benefits over the ocean. For beginners, weather and water conditions are managed and controlled. There are no currents, neither rough seas and dives are not canceled because of bad weather.
Essentially, pool water can be well-lit, even at a lower depth. This new indoor pool of Dubai has 156 lights positioned in the entire pool and water temperatures are retained at a comfortable 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
Nevertheless, there is no living marine, including coral which is typically a large part of the leisure diving experience. But, this report specified, that is not a deal-breaker for American Kyle McGee, which is based in Dubai, who has a decade and a half of experience in diving in various places like Madagascar, Egypt, and the Galapagos Island. He is, in fact, looking forward to trying it.
An Investment in Dubai's Growing Sports Culture
When diving, explained McGee, one is often focused on marine life, and it would be nice to try some extraordinary activities under the water minus the worries about spotting fish.
He added, he thinks it would particularly be a great way to practice maintaining buoyancy while playing fun games and at the same time, exploring.
The newest attraction of Dubai, a Business News World reports in a similar way, appeals to inexperienced divers, too. Lindsay Myers, a television travel commentator wants to learn diving, although she finds it intimidating, the "unknown" of the open ocean.
She explained, she would certainly be more comfortable learning how to dive in a pool. She also said this pool is great as it is baby steps into the direction of diving, ultimately in the ocean.
Meanwhile, Liju Cherian, from the neighboring country of Oman, had the same viewpoint. He said he wants to dive although he has shied from it in the past because of a lingering asthma condition.
However, he is interested in Deep Dive Dubai as he had rather "dive in a pool than an ocean," at least at the start.
Coinciding the opening of Deep Dive Dubai, spokesperson, Abdulla Bin Habtoor said the indoor pool is an investment in the growing sports culture of the country, as well as the adventure tourism sectors.
Related information about Dubai's deepest pool is shown on the Inside News's YouTube video below:
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