Death

Explore tributes and reports surrounding the loss of divers within the global diving community. These articles aim to honour their memory, share lessons learned and raise awareness about safety practices that help prevent future tragedies.

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King George Sound seen from Albany (Hughesdarren)
Third speardiver dies after shark encounter in Australia
'I still check the news': Steve & Vivien Clowes in happier times (Vivien Clowes)
Diver’s widow faces new fight for bereavement rights
The Straits of Mackinac (Gregory Varnum)
Diver dies on one of Great Lakes’ biggest shipwrecks
Docking area in Degnen Bay on Gabriola Island, BC
Two BC scuba divers die within days
The Finnish recovery divers (DAN Europe)
Sandbank likely diverted ill-equipped divers to cave dead-end
Finnish recovery diver Sami Paakkarinen (DAN Europe)
CCR recovery divers locate all 4 bodies in Maldives cave
Rottnest Island bay (Ndaaunhi)
White shark suspected as freediver dies from injuries
Cave-diving (DAN Europe)
Finnish cave-divers reach Maldives on recovery mission
Entrance to the cave-site (Shaff Naeem)
Five Italian divers die in Maldives cave disaster
Diver Jocelyn Brown with her son
Flag up but boat-strike kills Florida Keys diver
Diver died in Bimini (Nicolerich123)
Speardiver prop deaths in Bahamas and Bali
Jackdaw Quarry, site of the Capernwray Diving Centre (Karl &Ali / Capernwray Diving Centre)
Diver died after IPO caused panic at surface
View from Tory Island (Andreas F Borchert)
IPO likely factor in deep wreck-diver’s death
Dumbbell-shaped Bijindo Island (Google Maps)
2 scuba deaths & snorkel-boat knife attack 
Doug Allan and humpback whale, Tonga (Sue Flood)
‘Underwater anywhere’: Ace diver-cameraman Doug Allan dies
Geoff Yeadon in 1978, from the film The Underground Eiger (Yorkshire TV)
Pioneering UK cave-diver Geoff Yeadon dies
Gili Air (Vyacheslav Argenberg)
British solo-diver dies in Indonesia
Retrieving vehicle: Experienced diver Gary Smith
Experienced diver died while retrieving vehicle
Diver on the bow of the Eagle wreck (John Christopher Fine 2026)
Diver found unresponsive on Keys wreck-dive
Larnaca police patrol boat (JRCC)
Instructor dies on Zenobia wreck training dive
Approach to Tank Cave entrance (Google Maps)
Australian cave-divers complete fatality probe
Sofia Devries, who has died on a wreck scuba dive
Scuba student dies at shipwreck site in Argentina
Victor Hsuwei
Mine-diver dies on bone-recovery mission
Dylan Harrison
Family files lawsuit over 12-year-old’s diving death
Divers Elaine & Macolm Richmond on holiday in the Maldives
Diver drank heavily after wife taken by current
Adam Dent, who thought he was going to die after being trapped on HMS Scylla
Diver who survived Scylla double-tragedy speaks out
Diver dies off Manasota Key Beach (Google Maps)
Diver deaths same day on both US coasts
British Isles shipwreck authority Richard Larn
Shipwrecks guru and diver Richard Larn dies at 94
Gerald Malaussena (© Clément Gouget / French Polar Institute)
How Antarctic scuba diver’s body was found
Basin of Font-Estramar cave system (Swisscoucou)
Diver lost in French caves posed challenge for rescuers

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