Woman Drowned - Whitsundays Au

[gumnut]

Sadly another death.

"A tourist has drowned in a scuba diving accident in North Queensland".

 

[VooDooGasMan]

Yes, and it is a 20 year old girl, the locals are upset with the charters, they have had a few accidents lately, well I guess it is spring break and divers are having holiday.

Happy Diving

 

[DandyDon]

Excerpting from Tragic backpacker was first-time diver - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie

"The person involved was on a resort introductory dive," he explained.

"She was not an experienced diver. She became lost from the group.

"There were three divers and the instructor, but the rest of them surfaced and she wasn't on the surface."

But excerpting from Woman who drowned in Australia scuba accident from Donegal · TheJournal I get the idea that she was in actual OW training...

She was on the second day of a three-day course, with about a dozen other tourists, when she failed to resurface after a dive at around 4pm on Monday.

 

[ajduplessis]

How does a resort diver become separated from the group?!??!! This is suposed to be nearly "risk free". The DM's or instructors involved with the dive is in BIG sh!t!!!!

My thoughts are with the family/friends. Very sad indeed.

 

[DandyDon]

How does a resort diver become separated from the group?!??!! This is suposed to be nearly "risk free". The DM's or instructors involved with the dive is in BIG sh!t!!!!

My thoughts are with the family/friends. Very sad indeed.

Yeah my resort dive was one on one but I think an Inst/DM can take two. Maybe it wasn't a resort dive as we know it, but the official or reporter calling it that...

But excerpting from Woman who drowned in Australia scuba accident from Donegal · TheJournal I get the idea that she was in actual OW training...

 

[Blue Sparkle]

never mind, sorry (I guess it's not possible to delete a post?)

 

[DandyDon]

The Op is claiming Safety procedures met | Mackay News | Local News in Mackay | Mackay Daily Mercury
Excerpting...

“Queensland has some of the strictest diving guidelines in the world and is therefore one of the safest regions to scuba dive in the world.

It really sounds like a 3 day OW course even tho some reporters called it a resort dive. I am not an Inst, but one would think even in an OW course that he'd always know where the four students are.

 

[Scott]

I didn't take it as a OW course. Looking at the site they offer a intro or a guide for certified divers.

Participate in an introductory (minimum 20 minutes) or certified scuba dive aboard your chosen yacht on one of our scheduled departures or private charters.

I read that as a DS or resort course.

“However diving is an adventure activity and as such there are some inherent risks.”

Yes there are inherent risks, but those should not include the the risk of your instructor losing you!