Incident Location Diver Full Names North Wales, United Kingdom Will Smith In a small town in North Wales, one of the most historical and beautiful countries in the world, lies an old abandoned slate mine called Aberlas. Working men forced to abandon their livelihood because of a flood, caves both dry and fully submerged in […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Florida, Jackson Blue Springs Benjamin Strelnick There is no other feeling than being surrounded by walls underwater with one source of light, feeling the weight of your equipment and oxygen coursing through your body. Cave diving, the sport has been around for years, but even in 2023, there are […]
Incident Location Deceased Diver Western Australia, Pannikin Plains Cave Vicki Bonwick While a group of world-class divers, scientists, and technicians were exploring the Pannikin Plains Cave System, torrential rain and cyclonic wind swept in and caused the entrance to collapse. This team was trapped underground, awaiting rescue, or they would all perish in the flooded […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names South Australia, Mount Gambier, The Shaft Cave Douglas, Tony Three divers plan to explore The Shaft Cave. On their way out, they got themselves into one of the scariest scenarios cave divers can get into – kicking up silt and struggling to find a way out. Would they make it […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Sandhill Scout Reservation, Hernando County, Florida, USA Keith Hendricks While diving again after a six-year break, a 51-year-old experienced diver realized that his dry suit was faulty at depth. His hope of survival relied on how fast his buddy could get him to the surface. Would he make it in […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names USA, Burkeville, Florida, Weeki Wachee Springs Marson Ashley K Cave diving is an inherently dangerous activity. All cave divers understand the risks of diving in underwater caves and accept them as an inescapable part of the activity they are so passionate about. An expensive hobby that comes at a steep […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Staffordshire, England Gary John McElliatt The world of cave diving poses an unusual and unique set of risks. But like any extreme sport, such risks can be managed with the right plan and experience. If there is a disunion of either one of those mentioned factors, your dive of bliss […]
Incident Location Diver’s Full Name Bisevo Island, Adriatic Sea Hayley McCarthy Two friends embarked on a celebratory dive in the Monk Seal Cave after being certified as professional cave divers. Enthralled by the beauty of the deep, they decided to dive further for 32 feet before ascending. When one of the divers ascended, she realized that […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Florida, Wakulla-Leon Sinks cave Jim Miller Cave divers are famous for traveling all over the world for their dives, but there is one place that seems to attract them more than anywhere else: Florida in the United States. Florida is like the mecca of cave diving. That also, unfortunately, […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Florida, Gilchrist County, Devil’s Eye Cave Carlos Fonseca The Devil’s Eye system is one of the most popular and frequently dived caves in the world, but only certified cavern or cave divers with dive lights are permitted to enter. If you are not careful enough, this cave can be […]
