3 Missing in deep dive incident - Mexico

[Eris Lucan7*]

That is a nice link DarkCofee!!

E.L.7*

 

[El Tiburon]

I'm not a cave diver so I don't know what kind of anchor you might bring to a cave dive. I just know I never took an anchor on an open water dive.

 

[Eris Lucan7*]

Hammer,Lights,Climbholder,min40 meter steelcabel on winde on the entrace,Divequikment....

E.L.7*

 

[Jeff Toorish]

I can't think of any reason to take an anchor into a cave --and cave training very specifically requires a reel to open water, not an anchor line. In fact, any line other than a cave reel would be highly inappropriate.

However, if IADRS requested cave recovery specialists, they probably had a good reason.

I don't want to speculate any further about this --I suspect there is a lot more to learn.

Jeff

Last night the International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists (International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists) was requested to assist in the rescue/recovery of three divers missing in a cave in Mexico. The call for assistance was referred to Neal Watson since the IADRS does not specialize in "cave" rescue/recovery; the International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery Team does.

I have scanned news sources this morning and I am unable to locate anything online. Does anyone know any of the pertinent details?

 

[mkutyna]

AFAIK, many caves in Mexico lead to openings just off the coast. That could explain the confusion. After all, what good would search helicopters be in a cave diving search unless the entrance was in a very remote location. I wouldn't expect a class of 20 people to go to that remote of a location though.

 

[La Ovejita Negra]

No, there were no caves involved. There aren't any at that location. I'm sorry to report that they found all three bodies. The groups were doing a deep diver course and I've heard that those who got separated went too deep (reports vary from 150-250 feet), got narced and ran out of air. None of the english language papers will report this news however ... since it's bad for tourism. It was a brand new diving company as well.

 

[La Ovejita Negra]

Here's another story on it, again in Spanish: Deben explicar lo que sucedió, pide familiar de los buzos desaparecidos - La Jornada Jalisco

They were in the Devil's Canyon which drops to a depth of 6,500 feet. It's beautiful and I've been diving there many times but I could see how an inexperienced diver could lose track of their depth very easily when wall diving this site.

 

[Eris Lucan7*]

Mas ale avar senoreta, moi es mjo buco es Tienete en las Guadiros Escapan i

tanpoc con las furzasnaval.... E.L.7*

 

[Cave Diver]

No, there were no caves involved. There aren't any at that location. I'm sorry to report that they found all three bodies. The groups were doing a deep diver course and I've heard that those who got separated went too deep (reports vary from 150-250 feet), got narced and ran out of air. None of the english language papers will report this news however ... since it's bad for tourism. It was a brand new diving company as well.

Hmmm...

 

[Gombessa]

They were in the Devil's Canyon which drops to a depth of 6,500 feet.

A 6,500ft dropoff? Holy cow, that'd scare the hell out of me.