Miami man dies spearfishing

    RIP Brother, maybe some of you guys know him. Please stay close to your buddy's for at least a min
    and watch their eyes after long dives. :(


    Miami man dies while spear fishing


    A 24 year old Miami man died today while spear fishing with friends, off shore of Bahia Honda State Park.


    The man, whose name is not being released pending notification of his family, was on a private vessel with two friends – a male and a female also from Miami - about five miles off shore this morning. He and the male friend were free diving and spear fishing.


    His friend said they both shot a grouper and were trying to get it into the boat. He said they both had to repeatedly dive down to the bottom to try to get the fish out of some rocks. He said he saw his friend surface and he looked fine. The next thing he knew, he looked for him and couldn’t find him. He found him on the bottom.


    They pulled the victim into the boat and began CPR, calling 911 for help and began heading in to shore. Paramedics from Monroe County Fire Rescue and Deputies Spenser Bryan and Dave Chavka met the boat at Bahia Honda State Park. The victim was transported to Fishermen’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.


    An autopsy will be done to determine the cause of his death.
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    "Great mother ocean brought forth all life, it is my eternal home'' Don Berry from Blue Water Hunters.


    Spearfishing Store the freediving and spearfishing equipment specialists.

    R.I.P.


    Don is right, watch your dive buddy for no less than 30 seconds after dives, I know most will say "yeah right" and that it is simply impossible to always watch your buddy and sometimes it can be frustrating based upon conditions I know, but, it can mean the difference between life and death. Spearo's are diving way to frequently from swb's and it can be stopped if we take a little time to buddy check more often.

    R.I.P. it's always a tragedy to lose one of ours . even if we don't know him personally. we have to watch each other's back .

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    R.I.P.


    Don is right, watch your dive buddy for no less than 30 seconds after dives, I know most will say "yeah right" and that it is simply impossible to always watch your buddy and sometimes it can be frustrating based upon conditions I know, but, it can mean the difference between life and death. Spearo's are diving way to frequently from swb's and it can be stopped if we take a little time to buddy check more often.


    I'm sorry to say that I do not practice what I preach as I dive alone allot, it is the nature of my blue water diving sorry to say. I have never lost a fellow diver on my watch but have saved a few.


    I look forward to finding some one to dive with some day to help me watch my 6 on cliff craws and wrapped deep fish.


    Cheers, Don

    "Great mother ocean brought forth all life, it is my eternal home'' Don Berry from Blue Water Hunters.


    Spearfishing Store the freediving and spearfishing equipment specialists.

    I dive alone @ times but me and my buddy have been practicing 1 u 1 dwn after his dad had a close call. He is an excellent diver and nobody would have expected it to happen to him when in reality it could happen to anyone.



    R.I.P brother

    i dive alone too. but the thing here is that there were two guys diving the same spot to get a fish out of a hole and one died . that's the problem. if i dive alone I know what to do. but if I'm diving with a buddy and I need to do a dangerous dive i expect the other to watch me as well as I'm gonna watch him.

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