Incident Location Diver Full Name Norway, Plura Cave Kai Känkänen, Patrick Gronkvist, Yadi Hutanan, Vesa Rantanen, Yadi U Plura Cave in Norway is a popular diving site among experienced cave divers. The waters are ice cold, but the views are stunning. In 2014, a horrible accident happened to a group of five Finnish divers while […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names Mexico, Teotitlan District in the southern state of Oaxaca,Sistema Huautla Ian Roland Bill Stone is an ardent explorer whose desire to reach the world below was a passion that consumed him. It went far beyond just an exploration for the sake of data collection through his engineering innovation. In this […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Mexico, Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Sistema Ox Bel Ha Unknown On April 23, 2022, a meticulous Russian diver went for an exploration dive into the Cenote Odyssey. His ongoing survey project in this cave has brought him more familiarity with the cave system. However, on this day he got himself into […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names Spain, Cova de sa Piqueta in Manacor Xisco Gràcia In 2017, a Spanish cave diver got trapped inside an air pocket in a dark underwater cave at the Cova de sa Piqueta in Manacor, Spain. His diving buddy tried to find his way out of the cave was detected in […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names France, Goul du Pont Waldek Some caves are so dangerous that they are sealed for eternity. The Goul du Pont cave was never meant to be entered, but one unsuspecting explorer made the quest to discover if it had a bottom, which is when things went horribly wrong. An extreme […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name New Zealand, Pearse Resurgence Cave John The Pearse Resurgence is a water-filled cave located in the remote Pearse Valley of New Zealand’s Kahurangi National Park. The cave is known for its icy water temperatures and periods of high flow, and it is considered as one of the most challenging caves […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Bahamas, Four Shark Blue Hole Rob Parker An exploratory and survey dive between Rob Parker and his dive partner Dan Mallone in the Four Shark Cave didn’t go as planned. It all went well until Rob lost consciousness and started sinking at a depth of 180 ft (55 m). What […]
Incident Location Diver Names USA, Florida, Alachua Sink Lance Crawford, John Picture it: the sun beating down on white sandy beaches, palm trees swaying in the warm breeze, and tourists flocking to Florida for some fun in the sun. But beneath the surface of the crystal clear water lies a whole other world – one […]
Incident Location Diver Names USA, Pennsylvania’s Blair County, Tytoona Cave John Schwein, Roberta Schweisgood Two NSS certified cave divers went on an exploratory dive at the Tytoona Cave to carry out a series of survey dives. They took turns solo diving due to the silty condition of the cave. However, an entanglement occurred in the […]
Incident Location Diver Names Mexico, Cozumel, Aerolito Cave Donald Cerrone, Alex Donald’s Background and Adventures Donald Cerrone was diving through Aerolito Cave in Cozumel, Mexico when something went horrifyingly wrong. Donald Cerrone was born in Denver, Colorado on March 29th, 1983. Growing up, Donald was considered a bit of a troubled child. As a teenager, […]
