Tag: incident in the sea

Cruise visitor dies after difficulties while snorkelling

Cruise visitor dies after difficulties while snorkelling

| 13/03/2024 | 18 Comments

(CNS): A 72-year-old man from Illinois who was visiting Grand Cayman on a cruise ship died Tuesday after getting into difficulties snorkelling in the George Town Harbour. According to an RCIPS press release, police and emergency services were dispatched to the South Terminal in George Town around 11:00am. When they arrived, the police officers saw […]

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Resident dies during trip to Stingray City

Resident dies during trip to Stingray City

| 05/03/2024 | 8 Comments

(CNS): A 51-year-old resident was pronounced dead on Sunday evening after he was pulled from the water at the Stingray City Sandbar and taken to shore by the coastguard and transported to the George Town Hospital. According to a press release, Cayman Islands Coast Guard officers responded to the report of a man in distress […]

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Visitors rescued by CICG from sinking boat

Visitors rescued by CICG from sinking boat

| 01/03/2024 | 18 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) saved a group of visitors from a sinking boat on Wednesday after they received a report of a vessel in distress off the coast of Grand Cayman. The team on duty responded and was on the scene in a matter of minutes. The officers pulled several people from […]

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Visiting diver dies during trip off South Sound coast

Visiting diver dies during trip off South Sound coast

| 13/02/2024 | 2 Comments

(CNS): Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man last Thursday morning following a dive trip off the coast of South Sound. According to the RCIPS, the man, who was from the US state of Iowa, was just 37 years old. He was taken back to the Red Bay Dock on South […]

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Elderly visitor dies snorkelling in North Sound

Elderly visitor dies snorkelling in North Sound

| 27/12/2023 | 1 Comment

(CNS): A 71-year-old visitor to the Cayman Islands died on Friday afternoon while out snorkelling in the North Sound during a boat trip. The police said that at around 2:10pm they received a report that a man had died after experiencing difficulties in the sea. He was taken out of the water and into the […]

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Visitor dies while swimming at Rum Point

Visitor dies while swimming at Rum Point

| 12/11/2023 | 9 Comments

(CNS): A 52-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from Canada died while in the water in Rum Point on Friday afternoon, police have said. The man was reportedly found unconscious in the water and was brought to the boat he had been on by members of the public, who then administered CPR.

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Man who drowned in GT Harbour identified

Man who drowned in GT Harbour identified

| 01/11/2023 | 4 Comments

(CNS): Police have confirmed that the deceased man who was pulled from George Town Harbour by Cayman Islands Fire Service officers on the evening of Saturday, 21 October, was Raheem Tyrike Barrett (27), a Jamaican national residing in the Cayman Islands. Police had managed to track down his family several days after the man drowned […]

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Man’s body pulled from harbour late Saturday night

Man’s body pulled from harbour late Saturday night

| 23/10/2023 | 5 Comments

(CNS): The RCIPS is in the process of identifying the body of a man that was recovered from George Town Harbour late Saturday night. Staff at the Port Authority contacted the 911 call centre to report what appeared to be a person in the water. Police and fire officers attended the location and conducted a search, during […]

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Two missing Cubans now feared lost at sea

Two missing Cubans now feared lost at sea

| 03/10/2023 | 4 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coat Guard, fire crews, police and border control ceased their joint operation Monday night after another day of searching for two missing Cuban men who were part of a group of ten migrants shipwrecked off the coast of Cayman Brac at the weekend. After a full day of search and recovery, […]

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Two Cubans missing, eight rescued at sea

Two Cubans missing, eight rescued at sea

| 01/10/2023 | 6 Comments

(CNS): A major search and rescue operation involving the police, coastguard, fire service, border control and private boat owners in the sea around Cayman Brac was conducted Saturday and Sunday, in which eight Cuban men were rescued. However, two more are missing. According to Customs and Border Control (CBC), the operation began after one man […]

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Liveaboard dive boat runs aground on Sandbar

Liveaboard dive boat runs aground on Sandbar

| 21/09/2023 | 20 Comments

(CNS): Aggressor Adventures, the owners of the liveaboard dive boat, the Cayman Aggressor IV, which ran aground in the North Sound on Thursday morning, have said it is no longer on the Sting Ray City sandbar and was being moved to her anchorage this evening. The owners said there were no injuries, everyone was safely […]

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