Florida researcher to break world record for living underwater

KEY LARGO, Fla. – An underwater researcher is on track to break a world record for the longest time spent living in an underwater habitat. Retired ...

May 13, 2023
1:30 AM

KEY LARGO, Fla. – An underwater researcher is on track to break a world record for the longest time spent living in an underwater habitat. Retired U.S. Navy commander Joseph Dituri, who holds a doctorate in biomedical engineering and teaches hyperbaric medicine, has been living underwater at Jules' Undersea Lodge in a Key Largo lagoon. The facility is 30 feet beneath the lagoon's surface and was originally fabricated as a marine research laboratory before converting into an underwater hotel in 1986.

Brenda Argueta