Incident location Diver full name Italy — Supramonte di Oliena, Sardinia — Su Gologone Spring Luca Pedrali Italy — Ponte di Legno, Lombardy — Su Gologone Spring Paolo Costa The sun had barely risen over the rugged Supramonte mountains when the still surface of Su Gologone began to stir. Mist hung above the turquoise pool, […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Phantom Springs Cave, Texas, USA Brett Hemphill Four days after a renowned Florida cave diving pioneer failed to resurface from the depths of a submerged Texas cave, Brett Hemphill’s dive team successfully recovered his body late Sunday night, as reported by officials from the sheriff’s office. A Daring Recovery Mission […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name France, Font Estramar Mark Sluszny, Laurent Richaud Mark Sluszny’s Disappearance Mark went diving with a friend on June 28th, 2018, but they got separated underwater. Even though there were warnings to stop, Mark kept going deeper and disappeared at a very deep spot (over 370 feet!). People tried to find him, […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Romania, Apuseni Mountains, Izbucul Tauz Cave Rafael Garski Romania is the 12th largest country in Europe. It has a beautiful mix of valleys, mountains, hills, and plains. Romania is also one of the most forested countries in Europe, with about 27% of its land covered in forests. Romania’s Natural Wonders […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Poland — Zakopane, Tatra Mountains — Bystra Cave Alexei Just north of the Polish–Slovakian border lies the mountain town of Zakopane. To the south, on the northern slopes of the Tatra Mountains, is Bystra Cave. The cave was formed by the Bystra spring, which carved a network of tunnels and […]
For 27-year-old Zhou Yuanpeng, a young researcher studying cave-dwelling fish, the dive was supposed to be routine. He and his team had done this many times before — measuring, photographing, collecting data. But on that cold February morning, what started as science turned into a fight for survival deep under the mountains of Guangxi, China. […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names (deceased only) Florida, Jackson Blue Spring Rhys Dervan It was a warm Monday afternoon at Blue Spring State Park, June 2015. The water was clear enough to see the bottom, the sunlight dancing like silver coins across the rocks. Rhys Dervan, 56, and his 16-year-old son were enjoying a day […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Little River Springs, North Florida, USA George Banks In this gripping tale, we delve into the extraordinary journey of a cave diver who dared to explore the depths of Little River Springs, where he encountered a life-threatening silt out condition. Little River Springs, a captivating natural wonder in North Florida, […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name (Deceased) Greece – Vouliagmeni Lake Jan Granroth, Mark Granroth, Donald Minchard Greece, a land of ancient mysteries, conceals its own enigmas beneath its surface. With over ten thousand charted caves, some so treacherous they remain unexplored, the caverns of Vouliagmeni Lake stand out. This lake is notorious for its perilous […]
Country Diver Full Name Devil’s Spring System, Florida, USA Walter Smith Two brothers in the company of their friends went on a dive in the Devil’s Spring System located in Florida. The daredevil younger brother decided to dive farther than the rest of the group, ultimately getting lost in the interconnecting tunnels. The question looming: […]
