No injured cavers recorded.
On Sunday, December 29 a group of three divers entered Ponce de Leon Springs in Volusia County, Florida. Only two were able to squeeze past the gate, however, and the other had to turn back. The two did not return. They were found later by NSS-CDS divers some 150 feet past the gate.
The divers reportedly had less than the bare minimum of equipment for even open-water diving.
Two divers drowned at Ponce de Leon Springs due to inadequate equipment after they managed to pass a gate where one diver had to turn back.