Incident Location Diver Full Name France, Montvalent, Saint Georges Patrice Cabanel A New Name in the Depths: Patrice Cabanel A Rising Star in Cave Diving Patrice Cabanel, lost in Saint Georges Cave, 2024. He wasn’t a household name, but in the cave diving world, he was quickly becoming someone people respected. Just 32 years old […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name United States, Santa Rosa, New Mexico, Blue Hole Keon Miller A happily married couple embarked on a two-day trip to Santa Rosa, New Mexico, with the wife nearing a significant milestone—her 350th dive. She had chosen to mark this achievement at the Blue Hole, a famous diving site. What was […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names (Deceased) Bulgaria, Rhodope Mountains, Devil’s Throat Cave Siana Lutanova, Evati Jovchev In 1970, two young Bulgarian cave divers, Siana Lutanova and Evati Jovchev, set out on a dive that would become one of the most mysterious tragedies in diving history. They were diving partners, possibly lovers, and certainly close companions. […]
Incident Location Diver Full Names (Deceased) Spain, Canary Islands, Palm-Mar, Los Camarones Cave François de Roubaix, Juan José Bentes Castilla Off the coast of Los Cristianos, Tenerife, lies a captivating yet deadly dive site known as Los Camarones. Its underwater cave system has a long-standing reputation for danger. Forty-five years ago, this site fatally trapped […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Bahamas, Four Shark Blue Hole Rob Parker An exploratory and survey dive between Rob Parker and his dive partner Dan Mallone in the Four Shark Cave didn’t go as planned. It all went well until Rob lost consciousness and started sinking at a depth of 180 ft (55 m). What […]
Incident Location Diver Names Dominican Republic, El Dudu Lagoon Carlos Barbieri, Carlos Basso The longer remote stretch of coastline, more than 100 miles away from the capital city of Santo Domingo, El Dudu Lagoon is one of the finest natural attractions in the Dominican Republic. Visitors can enjoy swimming in fresh water leaping off rocks, […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Mexico, Quintana Roo, Tulum, Gran Cenote Amy Maria Arriaga Today’s cave diving story reveals one of the scariest scenarios cave divers could face – losing sight of one of your teammates in one of the most dangerous cave diving sites in the world This tragedy is about Amy Maria Arriaga, […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Sintzi Cave, Arcadia, Greece George Terezakis On May 26, 2013, a fatal accident occurred in the deepest cave in Greece. George Terezakis, a young and passionate diver, descended into its depths alongside his team on a Sunday afternoon. As the dive concluded, everything appeared normal, but for unknown reasons, George […]
Incident Location Diver Names England, Bentham, Birkwith Cave Colin Pryer The Birkwith Cave: A Treacherous Challenge The Birkwith Cave, known for its treacherous silty conditions, was chosen as the next exploratory dive site by Colin Pryer. The dangerous nature of this cave deterred many from diving there, and this left many parts of the cave […]
Incident Location Diver Names Australia, Piccaninnie Ponds Lyle, Brian and Claudio, John and Barry “The popular spring system at Piccaninnie Ponds holds great memories for many, but that is also tainted by some unpleasant experiences that have occurred there over the years. In this episode, we will examine three diving accidents that happened years apart […]
