What lies at the bottom of the ocean? Let's find out! You begin your descent down the ocean somewhere in the Pacific. Strap in your seatbelts, it’s going to be a while.

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200 meters

Mesopelagic Layer (twilight zone)

At around 200m underwater, you reach the mesopelagic layer. It’s almost completely dark at this point. Only 1% of light reaches this point. Here, you find a myriad of creatures: blobfish, bristlemouths, bioluminescent jellyfish and other things. squid

600 meters

Giant Squiid!

You feel a pair of eyes watching you. Shining a light on the eyes, you notice it's a giant squid! You kick your submarine into high-gear and continue the journey.

1000 meters

Bathypelagic zone

You reach the Bathypelagic zone. At this point, it’s completely dark. Using your light, you can see more creatures in the distance; many of them don’t have eyes! You see viperfish (like the one seen below), frillshark, and nekton.

2000 meters

Deepest depth of Whales

You see a whale? What's that doing down here. Apparently, the deepest depth a whale has ever gone is 2000m, so while uncommon, it’s possible!

4000 meters

Abyssopelagic zone (abyssal zone)

At this point, it’s completely dark. While you can’t feel it, the pressure is building up around you. Because there’s no light, you can’t see a lot outside, but there’s still some life around you: anglerfish, tripod fish, octopus, eels, and many bacterial organisms.

6000 meters

Hadal Zone

You enter a deep oceanic trench, finally reaching the Hadal Zone. At this depth, there isn;t much life, but they are large. Everything is giant! Amphipods, isopods,and mysids!

8370 meters

The deepest Fish : Eel

At 8370m, you see… an eel? The cusk eel is the deepest known fish in the ocean. You probably wont see much below here.

10,910 meters

The bottom of the Ocean

At 10,911 m, you surpass the previous deep-sea record, set in 1966. It’s uncharted territory from here... At around 11,00m, you'll reach the bottom of the ocean! While you didn't find Atlantis, I hope you learned something along the way!

Deep Sea Adventure