Equipment Japanese man dies while diving in Bali due to equipment malfunction

[clownfishsydney]

I'm certainly no expert, but I believe Immersion Pulmonary Edema (IPE) can have that effect (manifesting either above or below the surface).

That is my thought too. If gear failure, should have survived using instructor's reg. The dive is a very easy site, the Pyramids are concrete structures, about 30 or more.

 

[John the Pom]

That is my thought too. If gear failure, should have survived using instructor's reg. The dive is a very easy site, the Pyramids are concrete structures, about 30 or more.

Yes - No experienced diver should die because of a regulator malfunction at 20 m.