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Category Archives: Incidents
Carl Spencer dies on the Britannic
Carl Spencer, a highly regarded British diver, has died after suffering severe decompression sickness after a dive on the Britannic. He had been leading a National Geographic Society expedition to film the wreck. Apparently witnesses saw him suffering convulsions while … Continue reading
Search to resume
Again, from SCMP’s brief section – “Search for diver to resume today A search for a diver who went missing on Sunday off Bluff Island in Sai Kung was suspended at 6.30pm yesterday and was to resume today. The man, … Continue reading
Search for missing diver
Not got much detail on this, but the SCMP’s “In Brief” section has the following: “Rescuers search for missing diver A man in his 30s or 40s was reported missing after going diving at Ung Kong Wan in Sai Kung … Continue reading
Night diver dies off Tseung Kwan O
According to the SCMP a 44 year old diver died while doing a night dive to catch fish with friends off Tseung Kwan O industrial estate on Monday night. Contrary to an initial report that I was told about yesterday … Continue reading
Diver found dead near Tseung Kwan O
There’s a report that a diver went missing last night in Tseung Kwan O, and his body has been found this morning. Apparently four divers were working together and one disappeared. He was in his 40s.
Boat mishap leads to death of a diver
This extract is from Danny Mok of the South China Morning Post, in the City Digest part of the paper. A male expatriate was found dead in Sai Kung waters after disappearing from a diving trip on Saturday. The 26-year-old, … Continue reading
Vietnamese fishermen kill a diver
Many of us have seen first hand how damaging dynamite fishing can be to the marine environment. I once dived Pedro Blanco, in Chinese waters east of Hong Kong, just after some dynamite fishermen had left. The seabed was carpeted … Continue reading
Auckland diving accident
A 50 year old man has died off the coast of Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf. He was diving with family and friends when he failed to surface as expected. He was later found on the sea bed, … Continue reading
Northland diving victim named
The New Zealand Herald are reporting that the man who died while diving near Moturoa island was Keith Weeds from Kerikeri. He was apparently diving with a companion when he disappeared and was later found dead on the seabed. His … Continue reading
4 bodies found in Thai dive boat wreck
Divers have found 4 bodies in two sleeping compartments of the dive boat that sank on Sunday night. The boat is in 70 metres and sank in a freak storm. 23 people were rescued on Monday, one body was found … Continue reading
2 Hong Kong divers may have suffered air embolism
The Apple Daily is reporting that the two Hong Kong divers who died at the weekend in the Philippines suffered from an air embolism brought on by a rapid ascent. And Ming Pao says that police confirmed that their tanks … Continue reading
Similans dive boat sinks with 7 missing
More bad news I’m afraid. On Sunday night, dive boat from Dive Asia named Choke Somboon sank 22km from Phuket, while on the way back from the Similans. Fishing boats rescued 23 people, but two Australians, two Swiss, one German, … Continue reading