A diving bell having a first funnel-shaped member which has a cone-shaped portion with a cylindrical portion projecting from an apex-most portion of the cone-shaped portion. A lid for sealing and unsealing egress and passage of air and water through opposite ends of the cylindrical portion of the first funnel-shaped member. A second funnel-shaped member having a cone-shaped portion with a cylindrical portion projects from an apex-most portion of the cone-shaped portion. The second funnel-shaped member being held about the first funnel-shaped member with a space between the first and second funnel-shaped members for receiving sand or the like.