Scuba diver dies while exploring popular shipwreck, a third tragedy in the Florida Keys

[cd95806]

Saw this one in the Miami Herald. Looks like the diver was penetrating the Spiegel Grove. Not a lot of info so far.

 

[rx7diver]

Saw this one in the Miami Herald. Looks like the diver was penetrating the Spiegel Grove. Not a lot of info so far.

Link?

 

[Pedro Burrito]

Link?

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article278109972.html

 

[broncobowsher]

Pay wall

Any details that we can see?

 

[EdC]

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DIVER DIES AT SPIEGEL GROVE WRECK IN KEY LARGO

The Florida Keys witnessed its third tragic diving incident in a span of eight days, as a man died while diving the Spiegel Grove wreck off Key Largo on Aug. 9. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, divers with Horizon Divers recovered the man, who wasn’t named in the report. He was...

keysweekly.com

 

[acox134957]

Dang it. So Sorry to hear this, just dove the Speigel last week with Horizen. And was in Marathon diving when the accident happened on the Vandy.

 

[Norwegian Cave Diver]

How do people dive a 130' deep wreck? Not single tank? What cert would be accepted for that?

 

[Manatee Diver]

How do people dive a 130' deep wreck? Not single tank? What cert would be accepted for that?

130ft is the depth at the sand, the top is at around 60ft. Some of the major areas are less than 100ft. You can get to 150ft inside the wreck.

 

[Norwegian Cave Diver]

So an AOW diver will get to dive that wreck? and a confident OW diver will dive that also?

 

[FF / EMT]

How do people dive a 130' deep wreck? Not single tank? What cert would be accepted for that?

Well, rainbow reef dives it, and unless they changed something, pretty sure all their divers are running single tanks.
Plus, SG is within recreational NDL limits.

So an AOW diver will get to dive that wreck? and a confident OW diver will dive that also?

Yes