Florida accident archives

Diving Death at Jackson Blue Springs: Remembering Richard Mork’s Fateful Descent

Categories: North America diving accidents

Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Florida, Mariana, Jackson Blue Springs Richard Mork On September the 19th, 2008, a horrific tragedy unfolded in the blue tinted waters of Jackson Blue Springs. Richard Mork, a passionate and safety-conscious diver, ventured into the sapphire waters of the spring on a warm Florida afternoon. Everything appeared to be […]

Tragic Incident at Jackson Blue Springs: The Untold Story of Diver Benjamin Strelnick Deadly Mistake

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]

Tragic Incident at Diepolder 3 Cave: Loss of Diver Keith Hendricks

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]

The Tragic Incident at Weeki Wachee Springs: The Ordeal of Marson Ashley K

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]

Tragedy in the Depths: The Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave Incident and the Loss of Jim Miller

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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, […]

Devil’s Eye Tragedy: The Unfortunate Fate of Diver Carlos Fonseca

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]

Tragic Incident at Apopka Lake: Remembering Kevin James Gokey and Daniel Eugene Smith

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

Incident Location Diver Full Names USA, Florida, Apopka Spring Kevin James Gokey, Daniel Eugene Smith Today’s story is about two friends who went for a dive at Lake Apopka. They went over their heads and faced the consequences of one of the most dangerous cave diving scenarios – kicking up silt. This is the story […]

Tragedy at Buzz Cave: Diver Jim Cummings

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]

Tragic Death in Manatee Springs: The Dive That Ended in Disaster

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]

Tragic Incident at Little River Springs in Florida: The Story of Jerry Duwayne Beets

Categories: Cave diving, North America diving accidents

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 […]