Scuba Diving Gone Wrong into Galapagos - The Tragical Story of Eloise Gale!

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On February 12, 2010, a group of divers made their way to the Galapagos Islands for a diving adventure. What was supposed to be an amazing adventure turned into a tragedy when one of the divers was overpowered by strong currents and went missing.

The Galapagos Islands are an oasis of volcanic islands. The islands are located 906 km (563 mi) west of continental Ecuador. In 1535, Fray Tomas de Berlanga, the Bishop of Panama, was the first to discover these islands while he was travelling to Peru to settle a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro. When he got back to the Spanish Empire, he told them about his newly discovery and the animals that were living on the islands.

This group of islands was given the name "Insular de Los Galopegos", meaning "Islands of the Tortoises." In 1684, they made the first sketch map of the islands under the direction of pirate Ambrose Cowley. He furthermore named each island after some of his fellow pirates; others were named after English royalty and noblemen. In 1832, the newly independent Republic of Ecuador took the islands from Spanish ownership and later renamed those islands with new Spanish names. Divers often visit the Galapagos Islands for their dive adventures.

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[scottmoseley]

Its a miracle they found her body. Rip. Who was her buddy for the dive? That was the first rule broken.. always know where your buddy is. My buddy probably saved my life as i was descending much too deep on our third dive... He grabbed my fin and wouldn't let me go deeper. To this day I credit him for keeping me alive for another dive. Thanks Alex!

[lturner]

I visited this amazing place this summer. Although we didn't scuba dive, our group snorkled twice a day. I have snorkled all over the world and have always been comfortable. While snorkeling in the Galapagos I experienced strong currents, to the point that on several occasions I got out of the water.

[MerlinMan]

Any diver in a group should have a ‘buddy’ to watch out for them.

[NehaSharma-qpke]

I'm an amateur scuba diver I was taking my advanced Open water certification in Andaman Islands, India. To my surprise no briefing was given about diving in current. During my first dive I got sucked into the current panicked but because if I was still in the shallow water I inflated my b c d got up to the surface immediately. I panicked. when my instructor surfaced instead of addressing or educating me about the current he asked me to go right down and didn't even let me speak anything. so I deflated my BCD and started descending again. Got caught up in a current again which almost felt like a whirlpool I panicked and was not in control at all but thankfully the current just brought me up to the surface and spit me out. I didn't want to dive anymore without knowledge. but my instructor gaslighted me and refused to let me get on the boat so I had to dive ( I guess he was afraid I would back out of the course and not pay him) one of the most difficult dives that I did not enjoy at all.

Hoping to find a dive instructor who will take the time to explain the effects of current and what to do in such situations better for my future dives.

[gabe-poyi]

Patricio sounds like one of those instructors who’s really diving for himself. He should’ve been fired for not checking them when they got to the site, going past 60 feet and, worst of all, not making sure the group stayed together. He just plunged right ahead, doing his own thing. Several experienced divers have projected she panicked due to the strong currents, being left behind, and died from “deep water blackout.” Remember the one guy saying he found himself hyperventilating because he was so scared from the currents and Patricio leaving them, but luckily he was with someone and still had Patricio in sight, so imagine struggling alone, particularly when you’re not a highly experienced diver. From many accounts, only advanced level divers with 3, 000 - 4, 000 dives should do this dive, but the more irresponsible dive companies will only place the restriction of 50, if even that.

[rubenfrankish]

As usually with scuba related deaths, it's often incompetence that leads to tragedy. Be it individually or from a person you are relying on!

[kenneth]

As they say, hindsight is 20/20. The fact that she died very early in the dive and no water in her lungs makes me wonder if it wasn't a result of panic. When she got swept away and separated is it possible she tried to ascend too quickly and experienced some level of vertigo and/or disorientation. But something should have showed up in an autopsy to explain a medical anomaly to explain why no water in the lungs.

[MykG]

Exact same location my befriend died. On the positive note his body was recovered and repatriated to the Philippines. 😢

[mentalasylumescapee]

Patricio the dive instructor: "so this is how it goes, ya dive in the water and ya follow me, iv'e been doing this sh*t for years ok, hurry up i'm not waiting for ya..."
R.I.P Eloise

[legitbeans]

As a professional I always teach my students that step 1 in any disaster is to immediately panic and start screaming "were all going to die" thereby ensuring everyone else panics too.

[AtiumVenture]

Just 2 things to point out.


When there's a strong current, divers usually use a current rope to descend.

Second, the deeper you go, the less current there is, because to be a current in deeper waters the more volume of liquid needs to be moved so more strength is needed. Usually the current at swallower waters is much much stronger than at deep waters.


In my opinion most probably thing that could have happened is she had a panic attack, when there are strong currents it is really easy to happen.

[briantulloch]

a total clusterf—- of a dive. Briefing was a disaster, strict rules, 90ft was just disregarded as soon as the divers entered the water, everyone for theirselves! a totally unnecessary death, the girl was on her own in minutes of entering the water, where the hell were the leaders who knew how dangerous the current was!

[kevinmalone]

Scuba diving is one of those sports where you have to insure your own personal safety. Know the sport, inside and out, and and adhere to the the dive rules, and never rely on those who are irresponsible, otherwise, look what can happen, when this woman's death was easily preventable. The dive master was irresponsible for the safety of the other divers.

[EECO]

Interesting. If she didn't drown, what killed her?

[forestranger]

Interesting comment made about a ‘heavy wetsuit’ 😢 oh dear. PADI dive training at its best again. Can’t stress enough about the
importance about controlling neutral buoyancy it’s the most important aspect of any dive. As soon as you hit current you can’t swim
against and your dive briefing was not a current drift dive, you should start going up reducing depth and venting your buoyancy aid
to maintain neutral. If current is still you strong assent to whatever depth agreed depending on training to de compress then surface.
Remember you will always live longer on the surface and stand a better chance of survival and rescue than fight a current trying to continue
a dive led by an idiot. One thing I learnt when diving no matter how good you think the people leading you are when you get into trouble
and there’s knowbody with you, which is criminal, you only have yourself to save you. Reduce depth, decompress, surface, relative safety.

[pucioy]

1. You always dive alone,
2. Trust no one,
3. Diving is always dangerous actvity,
4. Be assertive - don't hesitate to say "no" to anyone,
5. Divemaster is not your guardian angel - he's just a guy who's paid to show you the divesite,
6. If you have problem with even one of 5 above points - get back to snorkeling.

[drelle]

Who was her Dive Buddy? That is the No. 1 failure... Yet this isn't even mentioned in this documentary? Tragic she could have been saved if she had a dive buddy.
What was the cause of death?

[Novie_edits_games]

So sad.. so nobody is being accountable for her death?? RIP.

[thomaswest]

Sounds like narcosis. Especially deadly for a first dive by a low experienced or infrequent diver.
I lay this on the Dive Master.

[eduardotirado]

On dives where I’ve noticed strong currents I don’t lose sight of the Dive Instructor. Never.
If I feel uncomfortable, I’ll just dive within sight of the boat.
Off of Desecheo Island in Puerto Rico I once had to get to the bottom and drag myself through the rocks to get back to more comfortable area. It was hairy…