Rebecca Penrose, Author at Cave Diving Accident

Trapped in Jackson Blue Spring: How Edd Sorenson Helped Save a Lost Cave Diver

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

Incident Location (country, town/city/region, cave name) Diver Full Names (deceased only) Florida, Jackson Blue Spring None It was meant to be a smooth, well-planned dive.On November the 4th 2014 two experienced cave divers prepared their diving gear with care—checking diving tanks, securing sidemount configuration, and packing two extra stage bottles for extended breathing gas. Their […]

Tragedy at Jailhouse Cenote: The Mysterious Death of Diver Brent Cooper

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

Incident Location (Country, Town/City/Region, Cave Name) Diver Full Name (Deceased) Mexico, Quintana Roo, Tulum, Jailhouse Cenote Brent Cooper On December 10 2013, under a bright Mexican sky, Brent Cooper, 44, from Missouri, joined his three friends for a dive at the Jailhouse Cenote near Tulum, Quintana Roo. The team was eager to explore the famous […]

The Fatal Dive of Bernard Reeves in Mexico’s Deadly Cave System

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

Incident Location (Country, Town/City/Region, Cave Name) Diver Full Name (Deceased) Sac Actun Cave System near Tulum, Mexico Bernard Reeves It was February 11 2013, the water in Cenote Calimba still and mirror-like. Sunlight poured through the jungle canopy, cutting bright shapes onto the surface. Beneath that beauty lay the sprawling, twisting passages of the Sac […]

The Mystery of the Cenote Odyssey Incident: Exploring the Depths of an Underwater Cave

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]

Deep Descent: The Tragic Dive of Waldek, a Battle Against the Depths

Categories: Cave diving, Europe diving accidents

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 […]

Trapped in Devil’s Eye Spring: The Last Dive of Robert Jurich

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

Incident Location (Country, Region, Cave Name) Diver Full Name (Deceased) USA, Florida, Devil’s Eye Spring Robert Jurich 26 April 2015 it was supposed to be a smooth dive.On a clear Florida morning, Robert Jurich (68) and Evelyn Dudas, both experienced divers from Pennsylvania, prepared their diving gear at Devil’s Eye Spring. Their goal was ambitious: […]

Tragic Dive at Cenote Manatí: Mystery Surrounds Fatal Accident of Unnamed Diver

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

Incident Location Diver Full Name Mexico, Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Cenote Manatí Unknown On June 16, 2018, what was meant to be a safe, beginner-friendly scuba diving experience near Tulum, Mexico, ended in disaster. A young diver participating in a Discover Scuba program drowned after becoming trapped inside an underwater cave at Cenote Manatí. The incident […]

Underwater Cave Expedition Turns Deadly: The Mysterious Tragedy of Tytoona’s Sump 2

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]

Tragedy at Eagles Nest: Charles Odom’s Final Dive in Florida’s Most Dangerous Cave

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Weeki Wachee, Florida, Eagles Nest Cave Charles Odom On January 8, 2017, Charles Odom, 55, joined three other divers at Eagles Nest Cave, located in Weeki Wachee, Florida. Known in the diving community as the “Mount Everest of cave diving,” Eagles Nest is a complex system with deep vertical […]

Jill Heinerth’s Antarctic Iceberg Cave Incident: A Harrowing Exploration

Categories: Cave diving

Incident Location Diver Full Name Antarctica, Cave underneath the B-15 iceberg Wes Skiles, Jill Heinerth Born in 1965 in Toronto, Canada, Jill Heinerth’s childhood was filled with an innate desire to explore and the perfect storm of inspiration. Because she grew in the ’60s, she was a live spectator of the incredible Apollo missions that […]