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This thread is in Accidents and Incidents. There are special rules for posting here: Welcome to the Accidents and Incidents Forum; PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING!!!. Please read and understand those rules. Cameron is one of ours, a special person and an excellent diver. Please be respectful. Fond memories and Condolences should be posted elsewhere and will be removed from this thread.



A Canadian now living on the island, known as @northernone. He posted on SB just after lunch, then did a shore dive with his mother.

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Cozumel.- Cameron Donaldson, Sports Diver with extensive experience based on the island was reported missing by his own mother with whom he was diving this afternoon through the area of playa las rocks, North of the city.

Port authorities coordinated by the ensar of the secretariat of Marina (Semar) Armada of Mexico already lead the search for it, although the alert was passed to anyone who moves by sea in various activities in case of placing it on the sea.

Through friends and family, it was reported that the mom returned to land and explained that about four hours ago decided to separate under the water, but after a while not to locate it decided to give part to the authorities to request the help.

Specialists In Nautical and aquatic water said that " Cameron Donaldson has a lot of training and experience, in fact he likes to dive into the beach, so it is very possible that he dragged the current to the north. Maybe this one for the island of passion or returning to the center ".

"if the currents did not leave him then he was invited to the channel between Cozumel and the continent" added.

It also transcended that the experienced sports diver wore a submarine propellant (Scooter) so it is believed that he should have returned without problems to land.

However, in case you were floating someone will rescue you, "if it is not a test more than we have always been against local divers, not to do beach diving to go to the wall", in reference to the cantil From The Island.
 
If he did, I don't think we'd be having this sad discussion. Another piece of expensive gear to buy, reregister every two years, keep up with, etc. - but if I ever need mine, I'll be glad that I bothered. Mine is nearly 6 yeas old now, time to reregister as well as get the battery replaced between trips. I'm ordering new o-rings, too.

I'm glad I bought my Nautilus Lifeline when I did. I'm in PR now with no diving plans, but I brought my dive computer and Lifeline just in case.

Wishing the best for Cameron. I have enjoyed his posts and want to see many more of them.
 
Cameron has been an active and valued member of my facebook accidents group. He's helped a number of divers, started some interesting discussions, and helped to keep a number of discussions on track. He's also led some off-topic discussions on posts that helped people to see things from a different perspective. I was sorry to see this announced in the group when I woke up this morning.
One of the problems with being an experienced diver that is active in the industry is that we are more likely to know and have interacted with those who are involved in these types of events. I've lost too many friends that I've never met in person.
 
I remain optimistic that he's floating and awaiting rescue. Most dive accidents seem to involve either inexperienced divers or unfit divers. Cameron is neither. Sometimes very experienced divers can become overconfident or complacent. Hopefully not this time.

Do we know any more detail about the dive itself? The thing that immediately stood out to me was the scooter. Those have an ability to take you places you can't get back from on your own if they fail. And they are very expensive which can make one reluctant to leave it behind.
 
I'd think the scooter would aid rescuers in spotting a floating diver especially if it's a bright color.
 
Let’s keep up the hope that Cameron will be found alive and well. He is extremely experienced and will deal with any adversity under water as calm and resourcefully as only he could. Please come back to us Cameron
 
We need to be focused on rescue. I pray that it ends up positive. Please be positive. He is a very accomplished diver. Hope people; hope that he found safe and sound.
 
If he did, I don't think we'd be having this sad discussion. Another piece of expensive gear to buy, reregister every two years, keep up with, etc. - but if I ever need mine, I'll be glad that I bothered. Mine is nearly 6 yeas old now, time to reregister as well as get the battery replaced between trips. I'm ordering new o-rings, too.
Couldn't agree more DD....I think there is peer pressure amongs't divers that using safety equipment is a sign of weakness or the diver is not skilled enough! I think there should be a survey on SB how many use safety gear.
 
Amen.

After communicating with Cameron for quite some time here on SB and via emails, I finally had the pleasure of meeting and diving with this wonderful young man and Bonnie last November.

He is one heck of a nice guy and one of the smoothest divers I've ever dived with.

Please God, see this man safely home.

I am very glad my wife, Christine, and I got to dive with Cameron on our last day in Cozumel last November. It was a great dive just in front of Scuba Club Cozumel.

He wanted to try one of my Argonauts and we talked about regulators and other diving stuff for a long time after our dive. He is a really nice guy. Christine observed how much he enjoyed diving and finding/watching the critters.

Based on his avatar picture and our emails, I was a bit surprised how young he was when I met him.


I can only hope for a good outcome.



Here he is (last November) trying one of my Argonaut DH and checking out how it breathes at different positions on the water column. He is a very inquisitive young guy.


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