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2015-04-26 Incident
First Responder in Charge: Lamar Hires
Location: Devil’s Eye Cave System Date: April 26, 2015
Victim: male
Age: 68
Dive Plan: Ride DPV back to Mainland jump then push/ride DPV in Mainland
Gear Configuration: Backmount Steel 95’s
Additional Gear: Minnus DPV and deco bottle left at entrance
Dive Buddy: Gear Configuration: Sidemount Steel 95’s (? Not sure about her cylinder size)
Additional Gear: DPV and deco bottle left at entrance
Body located at Park Bench approximately 300 ft in the cave. The divers were separated approximately 3100’ from the entrance due to heavy silt. Buddy waited in clear water for 3 to 4 minutes then exited and called 911. After Ginnie Springs got the call, I was called to activate a team.
We knew the area the incident occurred should clear in about 20 minutes so we assumed a train cave diver might resolve being separated from the line in the small fissure and make his way out. So the first team was instructed to proceed along the main line to the jump but be on the look out for any sign of the diver. Since this was late Sunday afternoon no other cave teams were in the water. They found the body, filmed the scene and brought the body out. They went back to retrieve their gear from the point of the recovery.
Equipment list
Exposure protection -Dry suit/ hood
Cylinders – Twin 95’s – empty
BC – Backmounted wing
All gear in place
Regulators
Short hose on necklace
Long hose around the neck
Mask on
Softpac harness with quick release buckles
Backup lights on the harness functional
Two cutting devices on the waist belt
Primary light functional and on one hand
Extra back up light on the other and functional
Shearwater computer and Nitek He computer
Fins with spring straps