Can the water pressure be so high in some places underwater that gas bubbles will be trapped in place, unable to rise up?
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Water pressure, and pressure of any fluid, is exerted basically evenly in every direction*. Because of that, no matter how high the pressure, the bubbles will always rise up so long as their density is lower than the surrounding fluid. Suction cups take advantage of the pressure by making it so it only pushes from the top, pinning the cup down.
*There is a very tiny difference, but the pressure is actually higher below instead of above the bubble. That’s why it rises. It happens because pressure of a liquid increases as you go further down.
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