Scott Cassell

Who is Scott Cassell?

Scott Cassell is an American explorer, underwater filmmaker and counter-terrorism operative. His documentary credits include over thirty-five programs for the Disney Channel, MTV, Spike TV, the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, the Space Channel, the BBC and the History Channel. He has over 13,000 hours as a diver, and is a United States Coast Guard-qualified submersible pilot, with over 900 dives in the SeaMagine SeaMobile submersible. He holds the world record for longest distance traveled by a diver.

Cassell grew up in California and worked as an underwater welder as a teenager. He began diving in 1977. For fifteen years, Cassell served as principal investigator in studies of Humboldt squid and developed body armor to protect against attacks. It has been claimed that in November 2006 Cassell became the first person to film a giant squid 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 and scientific errors.