Scuba diver dies after being found floating at Kurnell, NSW, Australia

[letterboy]

She was 62:shocked2: I would not have guessed that... She appeared to be in good physical fitness.

---------- Post added October 8th, 2013 at 05:32 PM ----------

Looking at Steven link the site appears to taper down to 15m with what appears to be deeper depths to the east.

Beautiful creatures from the description.

Google maps shows a shore entry into a harbor.

 

[redacted]

She was found on the surface and that is probably a good thing. That probably means the incident either occurred on the surface or she recognized a problem and was headed to the surface. That is an indication that she was doing what a good diver could do.

 

[uncfnp]

She was 62:shocked2: I would not have guessed that... She appeared to be in good physical fitness...///...

She had just celebrated her birthday. I believe it was October 1st.

 

[koozemani]

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[RickyF]

Very sad when anyone dies that young I hope they can determine the cause so we all can learn.

 

[clownfishsydney]

Near here:

Inscription Point - The Steps - Scuba Diving Web Site

I am the author of that article on my web site. That is not the location she was diving. The spot where she was diving was about 300 metres to the west, much shallower. Here is a link to the article on the site, The Monuments: Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site.

On Monday when she died, I was diving from a site about 900 metres to the east to the site mentioned in the quote above. The conditions on my dive were close to perfect, flat seas, visibility of 20 metres, no current. The conditions at The Monuments would have been better with totally flat seas, but perhaps visibility a little worse at maybe 15 metres. The site is one of the easiest that can be imagined, especially when conditions were so good as on Monday. We finished our dive and left the site without even realising that this sad event was unfolding about 100 metres from where drove past.

As I know three of the people involved, I am aware of some of what happened. It is very sad indeed. My thoughts are with her family and the divers involved.

 

[chillyinCanada]

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[gypsyjim]

While I only knew Quero herself casually, from a few online chats, I do know two of those who were diving with her, and my heart goes out to them too.


This will be emotionally devastating to both of them, even life changing as they are both deeply caring people who will beat themselves, even if nothing they could have done would have changed the results.

 

[Jax]

Thanks, clownfishsydney.

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