Career
He broke the world record in 2002 at -87 meters (285 ft) in the Villefranche-sur-Mer harbour, in Alpes-Maritimes, France. Then, in 2004, he pushed the record to -96 meters (3149 ft) in Saint-Leu, la Réunion. On September 6, 2006, he broke the record again at -109 meters (3576 ft) in Nice (this record was subsequently broken by Herbert Nitsch at -112 meters (3674 ft) in November 2007).
On April 4, 2010, Herbert Nitsch beat Aaron Butel and dived to -124 meters, (4068 ft) a new world record in Bahamas.