Jamaican man dies after swim at Spotts Beach
(CNS) UPDATED Wednesday evening: The RCIPS has now named the man who died Monday, 28 August, after swimming in the sea off Spotts Beach in Prospect as Rovyn Jerone Cameron, a 21-year-old Jamaican national who was living in the Cayman Islands after a family member identified him Tuesday.
According to a previous police report, onlookers called the emergency services around 4:40pm on Monday after the man had gone into the sea, swam away from the shore and then experienced difficulties in the water before he lost consciousness. He was taken out of the water by members of the public, who administered CPR.
The man was transported to the Cayman Islands Hospital in George Town, where he was pronounced dead. He is the eighth person to lose their life in local waters this year.
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I am fortunate enough to live on Spotts Beach for the past 36 years. I know how to swim, but the “current” everyone talks about is manageable. Since, years ago Government increased the channel to the East, the current has increased. However, if anyone swims straight at to the reef there is calm water there.
Their difficulties my not be attributed to the current. Scaremongering at it’s best.
Very sad. Condolences to his family.
I’m a strong swimmer but no match for Spotts beach when that outward suction happens.
Advice: don’t fight it. Go with the flow. Lie on your back and breath. You will be found, or be able to reach shore by yourself- alive.
Sad tragedy – not sure why anyone was swimming in the ocean though on Monday given the recent sea conditions due to the passing storm.
RIP ! and condolences to the family, why do police need to give an estimated age when it clearly states a 21 year old Jamaican national ?
I’m a pretty strong swimmer, but wouldn’t risk Spotts with anything less than ideal conditions unless I had fins. If you don’t know to swim parallel to the shore you can soon tire if you’re caught in a bit of a riptide.
This sounds like a sad and preventable death. RIP.
I used to run seas in front of iron shore in my early 20s on a piece of plywood with friends couple decades ago, but agreed, Spotts is the place if you ever want to feel a riptide pull you out.
Poor skip probably went into survival mode and tried to fight it back in.. rest in peace.
It might help if the police gave his estimated age
Plot twist: Try actually reading the article.
he is 21 it is stated in the article
21
For all you people saying it is in the article – it wasn’t earlier. Notice it now says “updated”…the age was added later