Death at Dutch Springs

[bj139]

Last year, I dove at Dutch in the cove where large metal pipes run from the surface to the bottom. I was swimming slowly just below the pipe. Suddenly, my head found the pipe support. Ouch!!! I could not see it just above my view. If I had been swimming fast I may have been almost knocked unconscious. If I had a scooter, I would be dead. I would not want to take a scooter to Dutch at night. My head is too important to my survival.

 

[kwinter]

I would not want to take a scooter to Dutch at night. My head is too important to my survival.

You would not use a scooter at night? That's like saying don't use a scooter in a cave. It's not dark if you have proper lights. I think the point has been raised here. Scootering without lights is only marginally dumber than diving without lights.

 

[bj139]

I'm guessing helmets are popular among scooter using cave divers for the reason I noted above.

I said I would not take a scooter at night, not that cave divers who are practicing should not. I just can't imagine I would see very much at night.

I have over 130 dives at Dutch and have been to every shoreline. I dive with a buddy who swims like a torpedo and we cover a lot of water. I wish he would slow down so I can see something.