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 […]
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 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 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 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 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, […]
