An Australian deep-water diver attempting a world-record dive in South Africa found the skeletal remains of a fellow diver who disappeared down the same sinkhole 10 years ago, South African radio reported on Friday.

David Shaw found the remains of Deon Dreyer, who died at Boesmansgat in the arid Northern Cape province in 1994, at a depth of 271m, SABC radio said.

The Australian said he wanted to go deeper, but decided to stop after making the grisly discovery.

Shaw did however break the previous record of 242m for diving with special equipment rather than using the normal scuba gear and took nine-and-half hours to resurface, spending most of the time decompressing.
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