iPhone 17 Pro Max Survives 2.5 Hours in Atlantic, Keeps Recording Until Diver Rescue
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Updated · PetaPixel · Jul 10
iPhone 17 Pro Max Survives 2.5 Hours in Atlantic, Keeps Recording Until Diver Rescue
1 articles · Updated · PetaPixel · Jul 10
Summary
A tripod-mounted iPhone 17 Pro Max fell off a Martha’s Vineyard dock into the Atlantic and kept filming underwater for 2.5 hours until an emergency diver recovered it.
Kimchi & Joloff hired the diver after wind blew the phone over during a shoot; the recovered footage captured the fall, murky seabed and the device resurfacing with the diver.
The model sells for about $1,200 to $2,000 and carries an IP68 water-resistance rating, but that standard covers freshwater immersion up to 1.5 meters—not seawater.
The incident follows a separate report this week of an iPhone 16 Pro surviving a drop into the Mediterranean, though this Atlantic video showed little beyond cloudy water.