Last Breath’s Chris Lemons headlines GO Diving Show ANZ

Commercial diver Chris Lemons was thrust into the highlight after he miraculously survived being on the seabed some 100m down within the North Sea for 40 minutes after a freak accident lower him off from his surface-supplied fuel, mild and warmth, and he will probably be speaking about this incident on the Main Stage on the GO Diving Show ANZ (5-6 September).

Chris has been a industrial diver and supervisor for over 20 years, and presently specialises in deep sea saturation diving, working nearly completely within the oil and fuel business.

This extremely specialised type of diving entails residing within the claustrophobic confines of a decompression chamber for as much as 28 days at a time, commuting each day to the seabed in a diving bell, and dealing at depths of as much as 275m for six hours at a time.

In September of 2012, a freak failure of the dynamic positioning system of the vessel he was working underneath resulted within the umbilical which offers him with respiratory fuel, mild and warmth being severed utterly. He was left on the seabed, in full darkness, 100m under the floor, with solely the 5 minutes of respiratory fuel he carried within the emergency tanks on his again, and no approach to defend himself from the freezing temperatures.

It took his heroic rescuers over 40 minutes to come back again and fetch him, and his miraculous survival story has baffled specialists ever since.

His extraordinary story was subsequently immortalised within the hit Netflix/BBC documentary Last Breath,  a model of which was developed into the 2025 Hollywood film, starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole.

Chris is joined by technical diver, underwater photographer and wreck hunter Pete Mesley, marine biologist, award-winning writer and documentary film-maker Sheree Maris, underwater photographer and conservationist Ross Long, and the intrepid crew from Shipwreck Hunters Australia, who will probably be taking us behind the scenes of the favored TV collection.

This yr we’re additionally showcasing the gorgeous pictures of the winners of the distinguished Underwater Awards Australasia images competitors on the Main Stage on the Saturday afternoon, the place the large video wall can show them in all their glory.

The GO Diving Show is happening on the Sydney Showground on 5-6 September

GO Diving Show ANZ 2026

The GO Diving Show ANZ, now in its third yr, returns to the Sydney Showground on 5-6 September and guarantees a wealthy smorgasbord of world-class audio system, inspirational exhibitors and entertaining actions – whether or not you’re a novice diver, an skilled leisure diver or a hardcore techie, there’s something for everybody. And with youngsters underneath 16 going free, it’s the good weekend of water-related enjoyable for the entire household.

As properly because the star-studded Main Stage, there are additionally three devoted secondary levels – Photo Stage, Tech Stage, and Inspiration Stage – boasting a cracking line-up of presenters, together with underwater photographers Vanessa Mignon, Michael Aw and Brett Lobwein, technical divers Mark Tozer, Yana Stashkevich and John Kendall, and lots of extra.

There are additionally a host of interactive options to go well with younger and previous, from VR diving experiences, an indication pool, a trydive pool, and far more.

Surrounding the levels and options will probably be a broad vary of exhibitors, from vacationer boards and tour operators to resorts, liveaboards, coaching businesses, retailers, producers, and conservation organisations.

Get your tickets now!

Tickets for the GO Diving Show ANZ are on sale now – advance day tickets are $12 as an alternative of the on-the-door worth of $15, however the first 1,000 tickets are 2-for-1 with code TWO4ONE, making it unbelievable worth for cash, so get your skates on and e-book now. Kids 16 and underneath get in without cost, making it the proper household day trip. There is loads of parking on-site and the venue is simple to get to with loads of transport choices, so get the dates in your diary now and put together for an epic weekend celebrating all types of diving.