I have a GoPro Hero 3 and have never had any issues taking it to a depth of 145' but when I took my GoPro Hero 4 to the same depth I came back with a fractured faceplate that I assume was from the case caving in (it did NOT leak).
GoPro to 55m / 180Ft
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There's also - Sartek Industries Product Details - for taking a GoPro really deep (<750'). - $100 - $400
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The website has a price tag of $400 at that price point you might as well go for a Hugyfot or NiMAR (well maybe not that expensive).
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Oops, $100 is for the clear back, the case is $400.
You should be clear on which model and housing you're talking about.
I THINK the Hero 3 came with the Dive housing, rated for 60m. But, I THINK the 3+ and 4 came with a housing that is only rated for 40m and you would need to buy the Dive housing separately. And I THINK that the posts about using a GoPro past 200' are talking about using it with the 60m housing, not the 40m.
The Hero 3 came with the Dive housing (rated for 60m). You can recognize it because it has the screws around the bezel that is around the lens.
As shown here:
https://shop.gopro.com/accessories-2/dive-housing-–-197-60m/AHDEH-301.html
The Hero 3+ and 4 came with the regular underwater housing, which has no visible screw heads in the bezel around the lens. It's rated for 40m. As shown here:
http://shop.gopro.com/accessories-2/standard-housing---131-40m/AHSRH-401.html
I believe you can buy the Dive housing (the same housing that came with the Hero 3) and use it with the 3+ or 4.
I have always thought that was a really poor thing for GoPro to do (switch to a lighter duty housing and not really do anything to make that change jump out to the people who upgraded from the 3 to a 3+ or 4.
The only reason I can see that they even made the 40m housing (since they already had a 60m housing that was included) was so that they could make more money buy selling the 60m housing as an extra accessory.
I have then the 60m rating housing, I guess my mistake was to try to turn it on at 55m, because it didn't want to at that depth, but yesterday I went on another Tec Dive to 52m, this time I turned on the camera before starting the descend and everything is on video 
The funny thing is that I just purchased the new GoPro Hero 5 yesterday (for the image stabilization) and at least this time I was told that I needed to also buy what they referred to as the Super Suit which is good to 60m (196ft).
I have a Hero 3 Black. I have been very tempted by the Hero 5, mainly for the fact that I could use it with no housing and not have to worry about it getting wet - on land and if I go snorkeling. I am really disappointed, though, that they don't make a 100m housing for it. Not that I've gone deeper than 60m yet - but it's in the cards...
For now, I'm biding my time and waiting to see if one of the Asian clone companies comes out with a clone of the 5 for $50 - 100.
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