Setting a Scuba Diving Record on All 7 Continents with Barrington Scott

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🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Barrington Scott is a record-holding scuba diver who has spent the last decade exploring the underwater world through snorkeling, scuba, and freediving. He’s lived in coastal towns around the globe, diving as often as possible and immersing himself in coral reefs, sea caves, and marine life. In 2024, Barrington set a Guinness World Record for scuba diving on all seven continents.

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0:00.0	When I'm diving, it forces me to be more present.
0:05.3	I have to be more in the moment because it's peaceful.
0:08.1	It's peaceful in the war.
0:09.1	Like, okay, there's times where you have the chaos from life and you get into the ocean.
0:13.6	It's like all that kind of just washed away.
0:19.3	Barrington Scott didn't learn to swim until he enlisted in the Marine Corps at 18 years old.
0:24.4	That decision set him on an unlikely path to become a scuba diver.
0:28.6	Beneath the surface of the water, surrounded by coral, sea creatures, and caves,
0:33.5	Barrington discovered a deep sense of peace and connection.
0:36.9	Over the last decade, he's dedicated
0:38.6	his life to exploring the underwater world through snorkeling, scuba and free diving. Barrington has
0:44.8	since lived in coastal towns all over the world, diving as much as possible. In 2024, he even
0:50.8	set a Guinness world record for scuba diving on all seven continents.
0:55.7	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living,
0:59.0	an REI Co-op Studios production presented by Capital One and the REI Co-Op MasterCard.
1:16.0	Barrington Scott, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living all the way from Thailand.
1:18.3	You're like one of our furthest guests this year.
1:19.9	Yeah, thanks for having me.
1:21.7	I'm excited to be here.
1:23.7	What are you doing in Thailand right now?
1:28.5	You know, a little bit of everything, a little bit of nothing, relaxing, chilling,
1:34.1	kind of taking a break. So where'd you grow up? Because you got this great, I mean, you're not,
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