Dive types: Cave
Dive site depth: >300m
Entering the water: Shore Dive
Location: Daxing, Du'an County, Hechi, China
Visibility: 5-15m
Temperature: 19℃
Features: Fish, shrimp and aquatic plants, sandy ground for training, deep cave
Suggested season: Except for summer rainy season and rainstorm weather
Level requirements: >OW
Daxing Jiudun skylight is located at the foot of a mountain at valley edge of Jiudun slope around Jiudun Tun, Jiudun Village, Daxing Town, lies in the upper reaches of the Chengjiang river basin, develops from the carbonate formation of lower two Permian Tong Mao Kou formation and Qixia formation: It iscomposed of four skylights which are inclined skylights, its mouth is slightly round with the diameter of 13.5-25.7m, the skylight depth is greater than 35m (without water depth), and the water depth is greater than 100m. The overflowing quantity of the skylight in normal period and high-water period is large between 0.7 and 4m'/s, the overflow has converged into Jiudun Lakes, which is broad, presenting 'two ends big, middle fine', with 175m long, 23-108.5m wide and water depth of 10~30m, during the rainy season, the flood up-wells and overflows, flooding the valley, it is one of the main sources of Chengiiang, known as the Chinese underwater Mount Qomolangma. On 23 March, 2015, team leader Richard Harris and his teammate David from Australia wet mule exploration team in Daxing Jiudun north cave dived to 212 meters, lasted 7.5 hours, which once again refreshed the Chinese cave-diving record.
DAXING JIUDUN SKYLIGHT
With countryside silent beauty and mysterious yearning for unknown exploration, this dive site attracts more and more divers' visit and diving.
DAXING JIUDUN SKYLIGHT
Ocean Plan at DAXING JIUDUN SKYLIGHT Cave diving
Diver dived in DAXING JIUDUN SKYLIGHT
These years, there are continuous explorer try to break the cave diving records in DAXING, 213m, 223m, 234m...
On March 30, 2023, Chen Qian created 258m deep cave diving record in DaXing Springs.
258m cave diving record in DAXING
On 27th April, 2023, Ocean Plan Co-instructor Mr. HAN Ting created a new Asia deep cave diving record to 277.4m in DAXING JIUDUN.
277.4m cave diving record in DAXING
Exploration will never stops, it is no doubt that records are made to be broken, let's expect with new updates...