Incident Location (Country, Region, Cave) Diver Full Names (Deceased) United States; Florida; Devil’s Eye Bruce Clark On September 4, 2009, two experienced divers, Bruce Clark (58) and Gary Hildman, entered the legendary cave system at Devil’s Eye, Florida. What was meant to be another exploration dive would soon turn into a tragedy that still lingers […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Australia, Mount Gambier, Tank Cave Agnes Milowka The story of Agnes Milowka is heartbreaking, but we can find consolation in the fact that she lived her dream of being a cave explorer. Tank Cave stands out among the best of all the caves around Mount Gambier. Agnes was exploring the […]
Incident Location Diver Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland – Pollonora Cave Artur Kozlowski Irrespective of the known fact that cave exploration comes with a high level of risk, some would never stop engaging in the sport. Nature entices them, and they always seek to see it in its full glory and not through the eyes of […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Homosassa, Florida, Buzz Cave James Francis Cummings The Buzz Cave Disaster of 2007 remains a harrowing story in the diving community. An experienced yet overconfident diving instructor led two open water divers into a perilous cave system, resulting in a near-fatal tragedy. This transcript explores the events surrounding that […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Florida, Manatee Springs Zhou Minn One of the most important rules of cave diving is to make yourself aware of the present conditions of the cave diving site before embarking on your journey. Ignoring this could result in life-threatening situations, as we’ll see in today’s story. The incident in […]
Incident Location Diver Names Mexico, Tulum, Sac Actun Cenote Unknown On October 17, 1990, a group of eight experienced cave divers entered the Sac Actun Cenote with the intent of exploring this amazing cave system. However, they got into a terrifying situation and struggled to find their way out. Are you enjoying our cave diving […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name (Deceased) Mexico, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Sistema Cocodrilo Brendan Lee Napier On October 16, 2011, the air was calm above Cozumel Island, but below the surface a different story was about to unfold.Brendan Lee Napier and four of his close dive buddies prepared their diving gear at the entrance to […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names USA, Florida, Little River Springs Jerry Duwayne Beets They both were well familiar with this cave system but during this dive they got into trouble and got themselves in a horrible situation. Are you enjoying our cave diving videos and not subscribed yet? Please consider subscribing to our channel! Little […]
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 […]
