Diving Footage by Yuri Lipski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRj0lymMMGs

Blue holes in general
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_hole
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taam_Ja%27_Blue_Hole

Dahab’s Blue Hole and its Dangers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Hole_%28Red_Sea%29
https://web.archive.org/web/20180713202453/https://www.diveglobal.com/divesite/blue-hole/
https://www.redsea-diving.com/the-blue-hole/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/visit-worlds-deadliest-dive-site/story?id=16772927
https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/blue-hole-fatality.647443/
https://www.reddit.com/r/thalassophobia/comments/w92pf1/the_arch_in_the_blue_hole_egypt_which_has/
https://www.proshotcase.com/post/diving-the-world-s-deadliest-dive-site-dahab-s-blue-hole

Yuri’s dive explained
https://www.proshotcase.com/post/a-guide-to-using-red-filters-for-underwater-photography
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/chilling-video-shows-divers-last-35328152
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Hole_%28Red_Sea%29#Death_of_Yuri_Lipski
https://www.dive-scuba.com/yuri-lipski/
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepy/comments/1nphnu6/in_2000_22yearold_yuri_lipski_attempted_a_dive_at
https://www.reddit.com/r/thalassophobia/comments/8xzsfj/diving_instructor_yuri_lipskis_footage_of_his/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRj0lymMMGs&lc=UgwcAiCo25PtWXhBNmR4AaABAg

Diving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diving#Equipment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy_compensator_(diving)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_regulator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_atmosphere_(unit)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_diving

Stephen Keenan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/26/blue-hole-red-sea-diver-death-stephen-keenan-dahab-egypt
https://www.reddit.com/r/lastimages/comments/155sici/last_image_of_free_diver_stephen_keenan_bottom/

Tarek Omar’s Perspective
https://cairoscene.com/LifeStyle/Egyptian-Diver-Tarek-Omar-The-Keeper-of-Dahab-s-Divers-Cemetery
https://web.archive.org/web/20140831123729/https://www.nightjartravel.com/magazine/fatal-attraction
https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-blue-hole-in-the-red-sea-is-the-deadliest-dive-site-in-the-world-a-844099.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nsYl2qgLrg

Other visual sources
People diving the arch, 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqD-PZ-BSJY
Stephen Keenan’s family: https://www.facebook.com/DahabFreediversOfficial/posts/pfbid0xrNviXhcyR9iHa5XvtAaoejdLYP7qXy1wq52aMJVebemfvQ5FCUGGQK2co83yReYl
Blue Hole’s bottom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyzrDF0AR5g
Tech Dive to Blue Hole with Tarek Omar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-cKEWq-U9M
Where Tarek works: https://shamsdahab.com/team/
This one has a map that shows the “mini arch” on the right. This is not the dive pathway we’re talking about. You’ll see “exit from blue hole” on the bottom. https://www.redsea-diving.com/the-blue-hole/

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Pub: 23 Nov 2025 02:03 UTC

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