ucfdiver
Contributor
Last time I was at Big Blue there was a pull rope to get you through the bottle off restriction, which started within sight of light. When I was there, it made getting into Devil's Ear look like child's play, hence the need for the pull rope. The diver did not have a buddy with him on this dive-- he was smart enough to refuse to enter, this was a solo dive. From what I've told, decreased visibility wasn't likely to have been the main thing that caused a problem.They entered an overhead without a guideline evidently and with the murkiness, lost sight of visible light. Even if he had stopped where he could still see visible light, it possible that his buddies may have churned it up on their exit and caused him to become helplessly lost. Not trying to speculate but a tradjety that others may be able to learn from and I feel for the family and friends left behind.