US visitor dies after snorkelling off 7MB
(CNS): A 67-year-old man from the United States who was found in the sea close to The Beachcomber off the West Bay Road, along Seven Mile Beach, was pronounced dead at the George Town hospital on Friday afternoon. The man was in the water snorkelling when he lost consciousness and was brought to shore by members of the public, who administered CPR until the ambulance arrived.
Meanwhile, police have said that a report of a kayaker in trouble on Seven Mile Beach on Monday evening was a false alarm. A report was made to the police and passed on to the Cayman Islands Coast Guard that a man could be in trouble some distance from shore, which triggered a search. But the authorities determined via social media requests that the man had returned safely and was never in any distress.
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Who passed away:
My cousin
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Happens every year, pity that. By the way, there’s no such thing as a snorkel instructor, where you from ?
Snorkelling now a bigger killer than covid.
You suck. Also a fact.
Another unfortunate accident. Currents around the island can b quite treacherous if you do not pay attention to the currents . I recommend to check swell and cycle from the marina’s marine weather forecast as an indicator and i wouldn’t recommend anyone to snorkel alone in our waters due to the lack of monitoring. The currents around the island can be quite treacherous.
https://www.myweather2.com/Marine/Global-Marinas/Cayman-Islands/Cayman-Islands-Yacht-Club.aspx
thats not their forecast but an output from a weather model
I hope he had a full life. I hope his loved ones don’t blame themselves for his decision. Most of all, I hope his wife doesn’t plague herself with “what if”. These things are called accidents; they aren’t planned.
67 is gone too soon. Rest in Peace, gently.
https://trustees.erau.edu/trustees/david-robertson
Lifeguards? 🤷🏻
RIP.
Very sad news. As the country has reopened, it seems the snorkeling deaths have also returned. So sad. Condolences to the family.
Why are we still in this situation where older people are dying whilst snorkeling in our waters. Surely, surely the “instructors” explain the risks for older people of inhaling carbon dioxide if you don’t breathe out hard enough?
Because they lead sedentary lives and have underlying health conditions, then they come on vacation and overexert themselves, have a heart attack in the water and die before they can be resuscitated in hospital.
With traffic being what it is in Cayman its highly unlikely people suffering a medical emergency can be reached and treated in time to save them.
It sounds like my cousin David who passed away there. We are still waiting autopsy results. He was a race car driver. a pilot whom passed his physical, been snorkeling for years. He really good man.
Snorkeling instructor?
You get a snorkel, you go in the water off the teach. No instructor. He wasn’t diving!!
I dont think its carbon dioxide poisoning, ive never heard of that before.
It’s usually just unfit old people swimming out too far and then drowning unfortunately. Alot of these people dont know how to swim particularly well.
Excess CO2 will kill you. But you it’s normally associated with diving, and deep diving at that, or the use of specialized gear like rebreathers. Snorkelling? No. Heart attack from exertion far more likely., or as you say, drowning.
We are still in the situation because unlike fish, humans breathe air, not water.
I do not believe fish breathe water, rather they pull out molecules of oxygen dissolved in water using their gills.
Please read again! He was snorkeling!!
What instructors? Always looking to place blame.
How about a resident enters the water from their beachside condo and experiences heart trouble?
Snorkel instructor? LOL
Who was your instructor! You can breathe perfectly normally with a snorkel without retaining sufficient CO2 to cause a problem. Breathing out hard is just to purge the snorkel of water. And unlike you, I am a dive instructor.
https://trustees.erau.edu/trustees/david-robertson
Condolences. On the positive side, at least he died doing something he enjoyed.
Agree. We are all going to exit eventually. I’d rather do it on a beautiful day at the beach than a dreary nursing home somewhere.