Unknown Bali Diving Fatality

[DownUnderwater Dan]

WN Prancis Tewas Saat Diving di Nusa Penida

WN Prancis tewas seusai melakukan aktivitas diving di Nusa Penida. Dari mulut korban mengeluarkan darah dan busa.

www.detik.com

I was reading local Indonesian news stories this evening, when I came across this unfortunate diving incident this morning that resulted in the fatality of a 57 year old French man in Bali, at the SD Point dive site in Nusa Penida.

Feel free to translate the story. From my understanding is that 4 divers and DM made dive, after 40 minutes all divers surfaced. The deceased diver was observed getting onto boat in a weak condition, then received oxygen and "breathing assistance", but no response, only blood and foam exiting his mouth.

Not sure if anyone dived Bali this morning, but I looked at tide charts, and at 09:15am the tide was rising at a rate of 0.5m an hour, not saying this may of increased the currents for the dive, or if this was a factor, just an observation.

 

[Sea_Jay]

WN Prancis Tewas Saat Diving di Nusa Penida

WN Prancis tewas seusai melakukan aktivitas diving di Nusa Penida. Dari mulut korban mengeluarkan darah dan busa.

www.detik.com

I was reading local Indonesian news stories this evening, when I came across this unfortunate diving incident this morning that resulted in the fatality of a 57 year old French man in Bali, at the SD Point dive site in Nusa Penida.

Feel free to translate the story. From my understanding is that 4 divers and DM made dive, after 40 minutes all divers surfaced. The deceased diver was observed getting onto boat in a weak condition, then received oxygen and "breathing assistance", but no response, only blood and foam exiting his mouth.

Not sure if anyone dived Bali this morning, but I looked at tide charts, and at 09:15am the tide was rising at a rate of 0.5m an hour, not saying this may of increased the currents for the dive, or if this was a factor, just an observation.

I also read the translated story; seems that the victim climbed *back* aboard a boat which they were not diving from.....regardless, based on the "facts" provided, it sounds like the victim suffered some type of medical emergency underwater - which could have been exacerbated by the ascent from depth.

This is presuming that the victim stayed with the guided group for the duration of the dive. And nobody besides the victim truly knows the answer to that. In some countries there are steep walls which take people way past the limits they should be adhering to. I'm sure most of them exceed those limits unknowingly (at first) and by the time they realize, its too late.

Between narcosis and CNS oxygen toxicity, the risks on OC scuba are all too real.

 

[DownUnderwater Dan]

Diving di Nusa Penida, WNA Prancis Meninggal - DENPOST.id

Semarapura, DENPOST.id Peristiwa Warga Negara Asing (WNA) meninggal dunia saat melakukan aktivitas diving kembali terjadi…

www.denpost.id

There's another article with more details, but cause of death yet unknown.

It says that the deceased diver was on a dive boat with a group. The captain of the deceased diver's boat, 40 minutes into dive, observed 5 divers surface and board another nearby dive boat, from a different company. 5 minutes after that, he witnessed another 5 divers surface and board the other dive boat.

He was then contacted by the other boat captain that the deceased diver's boat guests were on his dive boat. And the captain went to the other boat and transferred the casualty onto his boat, and went to Toyapakeh to medical clinic, but was declared dead on arrival following doctor's examination.


My condolences to all involved