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The cave elevation was 1,550 metres (5,090 ft) and the dive duration was 9 hours and 40 minutes. [2] On this dive, Shaw discovered the body of Deon Dreyer, a South African diver who had died in Bushman's Hole ten years previously. The body was at a depth of 270 metres (890 ft).
On 1 November 2020, PADI Open Water Diver Linnea Rose Mills [1] drowned during a training dive in Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana, while using an unfamiliar and defective equipment configuration, with excessive weights, no functional dry suit inflation mechanism, and a buoyancy compensator too small to support the weights, which were not configured to be ditched in an emergency.
Deon Dreyer (7 August 1974 – 17 December 1994) was a South African recreational scuba diver who died in Bushman's Hole in South Africa. Cave diver David Shaw died more than 10 years later while attempting to retrieve Dreyer's body.
A man died Wednesday while scuba diving at a popular shipwreck site, the third tragedy this month in Florida Keys waters. The tragedy happened two days after the U.S. Coast Guard called off a ...
Dave Not Coming Back (French: La dernière plongée de Dave) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jonah Malak and released in 2020. [1] The film centres on diver Dave Shaw's death while attempting to recover the body of Deon Dreyer from the submerged Boesmansgat cave in 2005, through a mix of camcorder footage from the incident and the personal reflections of his surviving friend Don ...
Garman had arranged for a 1,300 feet (400 m) weighted line to be anchored in place as part of the dive. Garman was supported by dive operator the Scuba Tec dive team, of St. Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventures, in the attempt. [7] He had a total support team of 28 people, including his oldest son, Kip Garman. He began the dive at 6am as ...
All divers are required to present proof of open-water certification and sign a release of liability. [9] Warning sign near the entrance to the cave. For the most experienced divers, the main attraction of Vortex Spring is the cave, which starts 300 feet (91 m) from the cavern, at a depth of 115 feet (35 m). [10]
Stephen Keenan (16 June 1982 – 22 July 2017) was an Irish freediving safety diver and co-owner at Dahab Freedivers. [1] He held several Irish national freediving records [2] [3] and was a Chief of Safety at various freediving events such as Vertical Blue Freediving Competitions.