Eagles Nest Cave Diver Death

[paddler3d]

According to Wiki, Weeki Wachi has an average depth of 265ffw and a max depth of 407ffw.

They could be referring to how far into the cave he was.

 

[Gallix23]

hmm...but if they were more than 200 feet under, wouldn't their max bottom time be like a minute anyways which would make it impossible for them to even explore the cavern at all?

 

[bleeb]

Discussion already in progress over in Accidents and Incidents: Eagles Nest Cave Diver Death

 

[Bubbletrubble]

Discussion already in progress over in Accidents and Incidents: Eagles Nest Cave Diver Death

As bleeb pointed out, there's a thread about this in the Accidents and Incidents Forum. And, yes, a topic of discussion in that thread is how accurate the news stories have been.

Due to the advanced nature of the diving involved, discussion of the incident probably isn't appropriate for the "New Divers and Those Considering Diving" Forum.

[Edited later: This was originally posted in the "New Divers" Forum and subsequently moved to A&I by a mod. Sorry for cluttering up the thread. If I could delete it, I would.]

 

[paddler3d]

hmm...but if they were more than 200 feet under, wouldn't their max bottom time be like a minute anyways which would make it impossible for them to even explore the cavern at all?

Remember everything that you were taught in OW?

Technical Divers (cave diving is technical) break all the 'rules' you were taught in OW.

They, hopefully, have spent a lot of time, and money, learning and training to do what they do. A lot of training.

They are taking calculated risk and sometime they are pushing the limits.

Ask questions in the forums. You'll get some snarky responses and you'll get a lot of 'you shouldn't exceed your training' comments. Ask away, especially as a new diver.

The answer to your comment is decompression diving.

 

[Scared Silly]

does the instructor teach wreck diving at en often? I am just curious as to the justification since I think it may have been a direct cause of the divers complacency...

From the links I provided above, the divers involved in this accident did not do their wreck training at EN. That said, from what I have read their instructor supposably did conduct wreck training at EN.

 

[RonFrank]

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I pulled a thread on the same topic into this thread from the Basic Discussions area.

Carry on!

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[Jax]

hmm...but if they were more than 200 feet under, wouldn't their max bottom time be like a minute anyways which would make it impossible for them to even explore the cavern at all?

Google "closed circuit rebreather" . . . fascinating . . . . Not for me.

 

[Rick Inman]

Google "closed circuit rebreather" . . . fascinating . . . . Not for me.

Okay, I Googl-ed it. Got a lot of sales of CCR's and training sites. So why is it "fascinating" and "not for you?"

 

[paddler3d]

Okay, I Googl-ed it. Got a lot of sales of CCR's and training sites. So why is it "fascinating" and "not for you?"

Not for me unless you want to get me one!

Damn they are expensive.