Dubai is now home to the world’s deepest pool for diving

The world's deepest swimming pool for underwater diving has opened in Dubai. According to Deep Dive Dubai, it is 15 metres deeper than any other pool in the world. (Source: Text and image/Reuters)

The pool has been verified by Guinness World Records as the world's deepest swimming pool and holds the equivalent of six Olympic swimming pools. (Source: Text and image/Reuters)

In this pool, people can descend upto 60 metres (197 ft) and witness a sunken city-themed landscape and play arcade games. (Source: Text and image/Reuters)

People visiting this pool can practice both scuba diving- with a tank of air- and freediving- where divers simply hold their breath. (Source: Text and image/Reuters)

As the divers go down, they witness a landscape of a sunken city with sound and lighting effects. Further, there are two air-filled dry rooms on the way down. (Source: Text and image/Reuters)

This underwater diving facility in Dubai is shaped like an Oyster in reference to the UAE's pearl diving heritage. The company says that the facility also holds the region's largest underwater film studio. (Source: Text and image/Reuters)