Divers React to Bodies found at World's Deadliest Dive Site

Technical divers go diving at the Blue Hole in Dahab, Egypt, a.k.a. Divers' Cemetery.

This site is extremely dangerous and has claimed the life of more than 200 divers, some of them are still laying where they perished.

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[brunol-p_g]

I worked 5 consecutive summers in Dahab’s blue hole as a divemaster, so I might be able to answer your interrogations.
Those bodies you see in the video are well known, and they are there for a reason: the first two wedged in between the rocks are at a depth of approximately 60-70meters according to my memories, while the third one with the yellow tank floating is at a depth of between 100-130 meters. Those 3 divers all died in the 1990s and none of those 3 bodies were found until the beginning of the 2000s when trimix became more popular and available in the, at the time known as, “hardcore teckies” circle of divers. Even though there were divers able to dive on trimix at those depths, the bodies were already in such a state of decomposition that if anyone would have recovered them, they’d have recover nothing but a suit, a bcd and a skull as the bones dislocates and fall during the ascent. It has been decided by the families to let them down there, in the environment they liked and as complete as possible.

Since the 2000s and the advances in diving equipment, mostly every single diver who died in the blue hole had his body recovered, which is why you don’t find more bodies underwater.

[luvit]

I was a sport diver for 22 years, had three really close calls, about two years after the third one I sold everything, my boat, tanks, dry-suits, the lot, just thought I might not be as lucky if there's a fourth. You have to know when to quit.

[Fiona]

Dad never said why but after diving for several years he came home from a dive and said it was the last one. He must have had a scary experience that day but never said what.

[joshuaryantrucking]

My dad was a master diver and former navy seal and he used a rebreather a lot, well march 15 2008 he took a class down to dive in Deerfield Beach florida to teach them with the rebreather and his apparatus malfunctioned and he passed away 100 feet deep... they tried to save my dad but he was gone... 😢I miss my dad everyday but I have so much respect for scuba divers!

[Velosirraton]

I believe that leaving the body there, if the family approves it, would be the best warning for people to learn this is not a game, and it's one of the most dangerous things you can do. Never overstimate your abilities when diving.

[Genextra]

I lost two friends while doing my dive master course. it was devastating I ended my future career . it was heartbreaking. RIP Connor and Martin

[rayanefree]

"I don't want anyone to risk their lives for me to get me out". All respect to you guys, a message full of human morals.

[englishmadcow]

Divers who rescue others get little recognition in UK, whether civilian or public worker. They found my brother in a lake in 88 at a barracks and i have never been able to find their names to thank them.
So thank you to all divers n rescuers. You give us closure and you treat our loved ones with so much respect during retrievals 👏🏼🇬🇧🙏🏻

[AW-xzvc]

My best friend Herbie lost his life in Australia while abalone diving. We did not want anyone else risking their life retrieving his body. So we left him in the place we knew he loved. 🇦🇺🌊

[omg.itsnatasha]

Am I a diver? No.
Do I have any intentions of ever diving? Also no.
Am I obsessed with this channel? More than I care to admit.

[dantewar]

As an Egyptian, i can confirm that the beauty of the blue hole is something to be very careful with as it seems very inviting at first from shallow waters. Ive been there several times and its always a sight to see those stones with the names of those who lost their lives to this place.

[ExitLight]

Many times divers who go to retrieve a dead body have died in the process. The man who wrote the book on cave diving died in a cave trying to recover a body. It’s very dangerous.

[Taay]

This is one of the reasons why I like this channel so much, even tho I'm not interested in dive and probably never gonna dive myself. The visions and respect you guys have for the ocean and for the sport as a whole is amazing. Also since I'm very much interested in climbing and hiking, the comparation with leaving bodies in Everest and all is a very good perspective too.

[ItachiUchiha-lryr]

As 34 year old non swimmer, with 52 years of non diving experience I can confirm that it's not safe to do these dives.

[kevkev]

As a former firefighter/EMT as well as recreational diver with 24 years of experience, the one thing I always remember before each dive is to leave the arrogance on the surface. The day you say you have learned it all is the day that will ultimately show you that you haven't learned crap. For me personally, diving has not only been a sport that opened up another world to me, but a lesson in humility. Watching a video like this is a good eye opener and a reminder that we are fragile creatures.

[Blackmoon-hsfu]

My father works part-time as a body searcher and dives for bodies of drowned people. And from the storys he told me, Families are always relieved when the bodys are recovered so they can see them for the last time and so that they can say goodbye one last time.

[adriansorin]

Folks, I’ve been diving Dahab for 23 years now. and know a little bit about what goes on at and around the Blue Hole. Allow me to explain a bit.
First consider it’s a super popular dive site, with some of the most fantastic wall dives in the world - the outer wall of the Blue Hole goes down vertically to 1, 270m - notwithstanding the Blue Hole itself. The area is super deep, and you dive from the shore, and the deepest part is right next to the shore, where the Great African Rift passes right next to the Sinai. There are other sites next to the Hole, like The Bells, a vertical crack in the coral platter that goes down vertically to 1, 300m, and you jump in it from the shore… This dive is a deep wall dive, going down the crack, exiting below 35m and drifting along the wall to resurface in the blue hole not through the Arch, but through a saddle that connects the Blue Hole to the open sea.
The reason those bodies are not recovered is simple: they died long time ago, when tech diving was the apanage of very very few people, and the bodies are very deep. The first two bodies you see in the video are at 92m according to my computer, while Barbara Dillinger, whose yellow tank is floating, is at 112m.
Because the state the bodies are in, families have decided to leave them there. There are at least 4 more bodies in there that I know of, at about 120m. People continue to die at the hole, but in recent years tech diving and rebreathers have become much more common, and diving to 120m, while challenging is no longer the feat a just a few, and the bodies are recovered. Even Yuri Lipski’s body was recovered from 120m many years ago.
To give you an idea, most bodies, including Yuri’s, have been recovered by Tareq Omar, the first tech diver in Dahab and owner of Club Red Dive center.
Three categories of people die at the hole: daytime adventurers who think they are hip and try to do the Arch on single tanks, techies who venture beyond their limits, get narked and go for the bottom and freedivers who want to do the Arch without having the required level.

[lisamcdonald]

My uncle was a Marine UDT diver in Vietnam and then became a fire department diver. I don't know how many drowning victims he recovered. He recovered the bodies of children and adults. He had some pretty good internal strength and sense of purpose to do that job. Just being a fireman is not for the faint of heart.

[afod]

I don’t believe rescuers should “risk” their lives in order to remove a dead body. If the body can be safely and orderly removed, by all means remove it.

[f-empire-]

The eerie part when seeing a body doing something like this is knowing that you are that person, everybody that does it thinks they’re the best, everybody thinks that it’s not going to be them but none of that matters, it happens and it could just as easily be you.

It’s like a window into an alternate universe, a life cut short, destine to rest there for eternity, as you just pass by and see what could have been.