Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Florida, Otter Springs Kenneth Ives Introduction to Otter Springs In 1990, four men went for a dive into the cave at Otter Springs. They had just received their certification for open water diving. They refused the advice of their diving instructor not to go into the cave, and a […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Wales, Ystradfellte Village, Porth yr Ogof Cave Paul Heinz Esser In 1971, Paul Heinz Esser embarked on a dive with three other trainees, but tragically lost his safety line and drowned while exploring the Porth yr Ogof cave. His body remained underground for nearly 40 years until it was recovered […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names Palinuro, Italy Mauro Cammardella, Mauro Tancredi, Silvio Anzola We are back with one of the most disturbing and tragic cave diving incidents that took place in Palinuro, Italy. 12 Italian scuba divers went for underwater cave exploration when things went horrifyingly wrong. Who knew that their passion would lead them […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names South East Australia, The Shaft Stephen Millott, Christine Millott, Gordon Roberts, John Bockerman Nine divers went diving into a shallow-entrance cave called The Shaft, where many of them came into trouble when diving at greater depths than planned and struggled to get back to the surface. The Discovery of The […]
Incident Location Deceased Diver Bahamas, Andros Island Blue Hole Archie Forfar, Anne On December 11, 1971, two divers got themselves into a life-threatening situation while attempting to set a deep diving record to a depth of 480 feet in the blue holes of Andros Island. Watch till the end to discover the horror story of […]
Cave diving is one of the most dangerous forms of underwater exploration. While open-water diving presents its own risks, underwater caves introduce extreme hazards such as tight passageways, low visibility, and the constant threat of entrapment. The Diver’s Risky Ambition On the evening of Saturday, September 26, 1981, an experienced scuba diver entered the waters […]
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 (country, town/city/region, cave name) Diver full name (deceased) United States, Ginnie Springs near High Springs (Florida), Devil’s System Mike Schultz It was April 3, 2016.The water at Ginnie Springs, Florida, was calm and clear, its surface hiding one of the most famous — and dangerous — underwater cave systems in the world: The […]
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 […]
