Cave diver dies in Tank Cave near Tantanoola in SA’s Limestone Coast
Emergency services have found the body of a man from Tank Cave near Tantanoola, the same system where another diver died in 2011.
A Victorian cave diver has died after an incident in a massive cave system on South Australia’s Limestone Coast.
Emergency services rushed to Tank Cave near Tantanoola around 10:30am on Sunday morning after reports of a missing diver and another trapped in rocks.
The trapped diver was rescued, while the missing diver, a 65-year-old man from Victoria, was later located deceased.
SA Police have commenced a recovery operation involving officers from the Water Operations Unit.
No other injuries were reported and police say there are no safety concerns regarding the incident.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Earlier in the day an SA Ambulance spokeswoman said a diver had been reported as trapped by rocks.
Police later confirmed they had been freed, and that the rest of the party apart from the missing diver was safe and accounted for.
It is not the first time a diver has died at the popular diving destination, which spans an 8km-long cave system.
In 2011, 29-year-old diver and archaeologist Agnes Milowka died in Tank Cave after running out of air while navigating a narrow part of the cave system.
Tank Cave is around 30km from Mount Gambier and is one of more than 30 diving locations in the state’s South East.
It is located near the Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park
Originally published as Cave diver dies in Tank Cave near Tantanoola in SA’s Limestone Coast
