Unknown Canadian spearfishing fatality - Key West

[DandyDon]

Canadian diver, 28, dies while spearfishing off Key West, deputies say - THE BHARAT EXPRESS NEWS

A Canadian diver died Tuesday while spearfishing near a reef off Key West, according to Florida Keys deputies.

Pieter Lodewikus Botha, 28, of Alberta was freediving with a group near Western Dry Rocks near Key West around 4 p.m. when he was found unconscious on the seabed, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Wednesday. .

Botha was taken to the Opal Key West Resort & Marina to await paramedics. He was pronounced dead at Lower Keys Medical Center around 5:30 p.m

 

[Johnoly]

Western Dry Rocks can be shallow in it's seasonal special closed area, but then gets deep to 3 digits pretty quick. Lately some are reporting wahoo are showing up with the annual temperature increase they are seeing. Very sorry to hear a fellow spearo/diver passed.