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Scott J. Cassell (born March 16, 1962) is an American
explorer Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...
, underwater filmmaker and
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operative. His documentary credits include over thirty-five programs for the
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. He has over 13,000 hours as a diver, and is a
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-qualified submersible pilot, with over 900 dives in the 'SeaMagine SeaMobile' submersible. He holds the world record for longest distance traveled by a diver (52 miles in 9.5 hours). Cassell grew up in
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and worked as an underwater welder as a teenager. He began diving in 1977. Cassell spent over a decade filming or photographing
Humboldt squid The Humboldt squid (''Dosidicus gigas''), also known as jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid (EN), and Pota in Peru or Jibia in Chile (ES) is a large, predatory squid living in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only known species of the genus ''D ...
. It has been claimed that in November 2006 Cassell became the first person to film a
giant squid The giant squid (''Architeuthis dux'') is a species of deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae. It can grow to a tremendous size, offering an example of abyssal gigantism: recent estimates put the maximum size at around Trace ...
in its natural environment, leading an expedition that filmed an '' Architeuthis dux'' with an estimated length of 40 feet in predatory behavior. The footage aired on a History Channel program, '' MonsterQuest: Giant Squid Found''. Cassell subsequently distanced himself from this documentary, claiming that it contained multiple factual, scientific, and ethical errors. Cassell is a former U.S. Army
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(68W), and served as an AeroScout Observer (93B) in the
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from 1985 to 2000. He served as a
combat diver A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, comb ...
for fifteen years. He has served as a
sniper A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with high-precision r ...
, an anti-
piracy Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...
consultant and a Counterterrorism Combat
Dive Instructor A diving instructor is a person who trains and usually also assesses competence of underwater divers. This includes freedivers, recreational divers including the subcategory technical divers, and professional divers which includes military, co ...
for Special Ops personnel. Cassell has twenty years of experience with
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s. He is also an experienced
cave diver Cave-diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves. It may be done as an extreme sport, a way of exploring flooded caves for scientific investigation, or for the search for and recovery of divers or, as in the 2018 Thai cave rescue, other ...
. Cassell is a featured contributor to ''California Diver Magazine''. Cassell is the founder and head of Sea Wolves Unlimited and the Undersea Voyager Project (UVP). Sea Wolves uses Special Ops techniques on "rECOn missions" to identify the killers of marine
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. UVP is a
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dedicated to ocean health. UVP's first mission was conducted in
Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe (; was, Dáʔaw, meaning "the lake") is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada of the United States. Lying at , it straddles the state line between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevad ...
and included 58 submersible dives and 33
scuba dive Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface air supply. The name "scuba", an acronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", was coined by Chris ...
s. On September 17, 2011, Cassell attempted to set a new world record for longest distance traveled by a diver. Cassell planned to swim a distance of 30 miles, from Santa Catalina Island to
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, during one continuous scuba dive while conducting experiments related to the decline in
shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimo ...
populations. He suffered a near-fatal equipment failure, forcing him to surface and give up the record attempt, but completed the dive after correcting the technical problems. No sharks were found during the dive.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cassell, Scott 1960s births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American explorers American military snipers American underwater divers People involved in anti-piracy efforts California National Guard personnel People from California Underwater filmmakers