"everybody laughs at rules and safeties until they remeber those rules were written in blood"

The guy who actually recovered his body was featured on this video, his name is Tariq Omar a technical dive instructor who had offered Yuri the training to complete this dive in safety, Yuri turned him down as he only had a few days left of his vacation ,and the training would have taken longer. Tariq Omar is known locally as the "bone collector" due to the amount of body recoveries he has made at this dive site.

I can say that I WILL NEVER die in a diving accident , because I WILL NEVER go diving.

As a diver, I watch videos like this regularly to learn what NOT to do.

2:43 Almost died at Dean's blue hole in the Bahamas when I was 19. As a teenager, at beaches I had this habbit of swimming out far, then down deep. The deepest I'd ever dove prior to D.B.H. was about 35-40 feet. At DBH, I learned a VERY hard, scary lesson. And that lesson is, once you reach a certain depth, you no longer naturally float upward toward the surface. I dove about 40 -50 feet at DBH, and stopped swimming down so I could turn around and start making my way back up. But instead of that immediate neutral buoyant feeling I would normally get when stopping, I could feel myself falling even deeper and faster. I tried to start swimming back up and could feel that I was STILL sinking!!! I did the worst thing you could do in a moment like that; I began to panic. Swimming harder than I'd ever swam in my life to battle the downward pull, I finally stopped sinking, only to look up and see about 70 feet to the surface. I started to panic even more. Again, swimming and kicking my feet so hard, I gave myself a Charlie horse in both left and right calves. But with my life now in the balance, I just kept kicking and swimming. I started to black out about 20 feet from the surface, and I was so weak, but thankfully, i started to float upward naturally accompanied with my frantic upward swimming. Till this day, idk how I made it that last 20 feet. I had to pinch my own mouth and nose shut with one hand because my throat started trying to suck in air through my mouth without my concent. Just typing this from the memory, my heart is pounding so hard right now. I've had a handful of close calls in my time alive, but that was the closest.

Hallucinations in the open deep water sounds like the worst thing ever. Imagine what you would see or hear.

As I understand it, a fourth major issue was that he wasn't adequately trained for this type of dive. He was not qualified for the dive he was taking. Days prior to the dive, he visited several local specialized instructors asking if they would accompany him, but every single one refused. They refused to take him unless he pursued adequate training/certification first, which would take weeks to earn. These instructors, very competent divers, cautioned him not to do the dive because he wasn't trained for it, but Yuri was impatient and went himself anyway against their advice. He also went diving alone, which was another issue, since it's strongly recommended to always dive with a buddy. This is true even for the best divers in the world. Yuri made a series of poor choices and that's what got him killed. We all make poor choices, everyone single one of us, every single day, and most of the time we somehow manage to end up okay. But in this instance, these poor choices cost Yuri his life.

I’d seen this footage before but didn’t quite understand what was happening; he seemed to sink and pass out _so_ fast that I was confused. Thank you for this thorough yet terrifying explanation. Really put it into perspective for me. Poor Yuri...

His pained breathing is so haunting. I hope his soul is in a better place.

what a grisly way to go out. But at the same time the quote "overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer" comes to mind

I have seen videos on this accident before. But I have never seen it broken down so that a non-diver like me can understand why it was so dangerous. I knew that going deep was as serious as going to the moon, but had no idea why exactly and why they needed to breath ti-mix. Thank you for explaining that in the video. Congrats on the 100K! you deserve it!

I appreciate you calling Yuri’s decisions as what they were mistakes. I feel like a lot of these stories blame the person but they were just mistakes/misjudgments with deadly consequences.

i know this was yuri's own fault, but i can't help feeling absolutely heartbroken for him. those panicked sounds on his camera made me wanna cry. safety is important, it should always come first, whether you're diving or going for a drive -- the feeling of missing out on an experience is temporary, your life is precious so take care of yourself first

I'm a scuba diver. During the courses, some of the things repeated the most often was "Never dive alone" and "Always make sure your equipment works as it should before entering the water" Oh, and also, I was taught in detail about nitrogen narcosis and oxygene poisoning even though i'm just a recreational diver. I guess people take safety more seriously now.

I’m going to take this moment to be even more grateful for the air I can comfortably breathe on dry land. Each breath is a gift, the atmosphere providing us the ability to breathe properly is nothing short of a miracle.

I'd seen a few other videos on this tragedy but everyone claimed he got lost and no one ever explained exactly what happened. Excellent job. May Yuri rest in peace.

Creepiest part is you can hear him kinda struggling to take a breath each time that had to be terrifying it’s so sad that is a horrible way to go but he definitely should’ve been more cautious and taken the advise given

I have been laughed at by several Russian divers for being "Overly Cautious." All of them are dead now, and I'm still here. I guess you could say I survived just to have the last laugh.

Wow I didn”t know that water pressure could keep you from swimming back upward. I always thought water alway moved around mass and would always bring you back up easily because of that. It makes sense I just never thought about that part. Wow, nature sure can be scary.

I used to free dive (breath-hold dive) a few years ago, and I'm definitely not afraid of water, but this video was terrifying, even for me.

i cant imagine how terrified and anxious he must’ve been, to sink down to the bottom of the ocean with nobody and nothing to help you, just pure helplessness as he takes his last breaths, it’s heartbreaking

KZfaq tellings of this diving tragedy are a dime a dozen, and in terms of actual quality, they are all not created equally. I very much like the channel Dive Talk’s reaction/reviews because they’re knowledgeable, cave certified divers. That said, your presentation here is excellent, very well balanced, well informed, respectful, & even compassionate towards this young man, who had so much potential, only to die way too young… thank you again for this stellar content! I look forward to your next upload every time!

This is honestly terrifying, and i don't suffer from Thalassophobia. Feel sorry for that guy.

As soon as you described what a “bounce dive” was, this divers behavior leading to his demise seems to fit that description perfectly.

He broke two very important rules, being fully trained for the depth you’re planning on going, and always having a dive buddy.. especially with higher risk dives

Extremely sad and heartbreaking. There was a bunch of bad decisions he made, and the biggest one was, he ignored expert diver advice and went diving by himself, without the proper training, and without a diving buddy. A big no no. Even the most expert divers always have a buddy with them, and they always make sure they get the proper training and instructions for a dive. RIP❤️🙏

It's crazy how ignorant I was to diving! I honstly thought you strapped on that tank only and swam around underwater like the Little Mermaid. I didn't realize about the buoyancy device, had no clue about the mix of gases in the tank (I thought it was just oxygen)! This video was extremely detailed and put a lot into perspective.

Excellent video, I don't have a fear of water but dark, tight spaces, suffocating, can all sod off. I really feel for this poor guy. No one should die that way.

As my dad once said: " it's ok to make mistakes, that's how we humans evolve and learn, but there are some mistakes where you can only watch in horror, nothing can be done to change it since it's too late, you just have to accept it."

This guys level of narration and editing went into amplifying and portraying every little information in its max sensibility is just worth its weight in gold, he carrasses and goes into depth with great care and gives every piece of information that anyone would discard as 'trivial' with great care, Definitely predicting this channel to blow up HARD in the investigation and true crime communities in the future

Dude I've watched tons of these videos. You absolutely killed it by describing what's going on in the tanks, your body, and the breakdown of depth changes very very well for quick info on it. Awesome man love the video

Rest in peace Yuri Lipski, 23 years ago today is when he died, please be careful diving😢

I do caving. Tight passageways and deep pits that require gear. Limited light source and you can be screwed if the lights go out. But add water and water pressure to that? Nope. I could feel my heart racing as the story went on as I knew this was going to end horrifically. Particularly appreciated how you put this together and the simplified way you were able to relay the technical information to the audience.

Many Many Many years ago, I was a professional diver, something similar happened to me. I could not fill my BC and descended almost out of control. I dropped my weights, any other equipment and did a “Ditch” maneuver, a last option. I pulled my tank and equipment over my head and ditched it. I was about 80’, but as I ascended the air (normal compressed air) expanded in my lungs and I was able to fight the urge to inhale. I let the bubbles naturally escape as I came closer and closer to the surface. I was fine. My company made us practice this and other emergency maneuvers almost every day. I never panicked, not because I am brave but because I had gone over this exact emergency countless times and was acting on reflex. I am very sorry this diver didn’t make it, may he RIP.

I really appreciate you taking the time to show and tell us step by step of his dive. If you hadn't given such a thorough explanation I never would have figured out what was going on. This helped me so much. Thank you!

Could you do a "series of mistakes" for hiking, mountain climbing, kayaks etc?? This would be such a fascinating breakdown to otherwise just tragic events and really shine a light on them when usually people just attribute them to bad luck or a single moment of idiocy.

It probably wasn’t painful. Nitrogen narcosis feels very good, you get incredibly euphoric and disinhibited, it is essentially the same feeling as nitrous oxide or laughing gas. He probably just got incredibly high, disorientated and lost consciousness. That’s a silver lining I suppose

I really like it up here above the water. There's a whole atmosphere to breathe, not a little yellow tank. I can't run out even if I breathe really fast. I'm staying up here.

That was the first thing l thought of was "Why didn't he just take off or unlatch his Weight belt?" And you explained it perfectly. The weight of the Water made it IMPOSSIBLE for him to resurface. I made this exact same mistake while Recreational Scuba diving in Hawaii. I was told briefly about the Bountcy vest and to make sure not to over inflating as you could shoot straight up like a Cork out of a Champagne bottle. I should not have smoked a bowl of Marijuana on the way to the Dive Boat. So l only remembered to not touch it and missed all about leveling off at the depth you want. So l sank to the bottom and had to swim up to the top of the reef that was 15 feet below the surface to make it back with the others in our dive. Once at the top of the reef l swam over the top and again sank to the bottom. Thank God we were diving at a reef that was 10 feet high so we were only at a maximum depth 25 or 30 feet. I went thru 30 minutes of Oxygen in 15 minutes from all the activitie of sinking swimming back up just to sink again. Our Guides or the Dive Coach realized something was up and swam over to me and looked at my 0.2 level and gave me the Thumbs up motion which l thought meant "Your doing great" but that's the OK sign not thumbs-up(l really got to stop smoking pot before diving) I realized this as he kept pointing up a raising his fist, which meant "You need to surface Now!" On the boat he told me l was almost out of Oxygen and that l needed to get up to the top asap. I've now been trained better by taking a Class at a Dive shop then Safety exercises in their Pool and finally a Beach Dive with my Own instructor 1 on 1. I learned the hard way that Scuba Diving is to be taken Seriously and to pay attention to what they tell you so you don't DIE...

Out of all of the channels that have covered Dahab Blue Hole along with Yuri's final moments, this is by far the most well-delivered presentation I have found. Tremendous coverage, my friend! Being a regular watcher of videos like these, I am not sure how I haven't discovered this channel sooner. Regardless, you got another immediate subscription from me, good sir. I am looking forward to seeing what other topics you have covered, especially if they are all going to be of top-tier quality like this video. Really appreciate the time and effort you've put into this, bud -- thank you for sharing with us. All of that being said, I once again offer my sincere condolences to Yuri's family and loved ones. Just as you stated, this tragedy could have (and should have) been easily prevented with just a little bit more respect for standard diving safety procedures.

The fact that he dived on nitrox rather than tri-mix compounded his errors. Nitrox is a gas mix that increases the percentage of oxygen. As stated in the video, oxygen becomes toxic when used under pressure, and divers using nitrox will measure the exact percentage in their tank before diving, as it reduces the depth you can safely dive to, even compared to simple compressed air. If he was planning to dive below 30m, and it sounds like he was, nitrox was absolutely not the gas to be used in that scenario.

this has got to be one of the most in-depth videos about this subject that's actually high quality and interesting, yet it only has 50k views.... how do you not have more? this is awesome content! rest in peace Yuri.

What a horrible way to die, man... I never wanted to try diving like that and this kind of videos is certainly not convincing me otherwise... I find the depths underwater like that absolutely terrifying....

As other commenters have said, thank you for explaining this perfectly. We've all seen the footage, and I for one am glad I now understand.

It's really hard to watch your death come. Screaming and attempting to escape but to no avail. The sheer amount of horror is uncanny. Yuri lived a good life, but came to a devastating, slow and painful end. Many might not know him, but it's sad to see this happen. Time always comes, when your time comes to an end.

Some misinformation in this video. Despite it often being repeated, he was not a dive instructor and definitely not a "tech" diver, for some reason Wikipedia lists him as being one, the fact is, he had little experience as a diver. Even beginning scuba classes teach about nitrogen narcosis. "Upon turning the valve, nothing happened" The guy narrating this is certainly not a scuba diver, bouyancy compensators have a push valve, not a valve you turn. As to "chest pain while breathing", diving buddies of divers who died of ox-tox all report that they are fine one second, then are dead a moment later, with no warning signs, some go into convulsions first. Diving that depth as a novice diver, on nitrox, with a single tank, severely over weighting himself, not checking his equipment. That wasn't an accident, that was seriously competing for the Darwin of the Year award, and he won.

Your description of the 'Narcs' is the best I have ever read. It describes exactly my experience on air at 75m long ago & far away when I only seemed to get "Ugly narcs", constantly afraid of passing out .6 divers died on this job, so they made rules limiting air to 45m for commercial use in South Africa. I've been a commercial diving instructor, supervisor & medic for nearly 50 years,& will show your gas toxicity explanations to my international students. Well done,& thank-you. A minor( in this case)factor which should be considered in deep diving is the loss of wet suit bouyancy as you go deeper.This should be covered in training

Thank you so much for your informative, yet compassionate explanation of the events that lead to his untimely demise. The fact that it's clear that you were aware that his friends and family would likely see this video at one point or another & you obviously took that into consideration, speaks volumes of your character. My condolences to Yuri's family & friends. I'm so sorry for your loss. At the very least, you can take comfort by knowing that his experience is educating so many others in hopes that this situation does not repeat with anyone else.

I remember, as a young child, when I learned about scuba diving, the thought of it horrified me; I could only think about how terribly dangerous is must be. Thanks for your telling of this tragic story. I'm wondering if you could do a deep dive (sorry, pun not intended) video into the tragic case of Audrey Mestre. There are so many unanswered questions surrounding that incident, including the speculation of foul play. BTW, I'm really happy to see your videos have been a little more frequent of late :-).

I cannot imagine the grief experienced by people who are close to him. Someone you have absolute trust in and believe in and love just disappears and you discover them dead and their death is something which could have been prevented rather easily. Also, beautiful direction and research as always :)

This channel honestly deserves so many more subscribers and so many more views. Such high quality content with great insight

I got major second hand anxiety watching Yuri's dive. What a terrifying way to go. This was very informative and well produced by the way.

I’ve heard this story before as well and as I remember he tried to get a guide or instructor to take him through the archway. However because of a schedule issue he could not be trained for the specific dive. As I recall the archway isn’t all that deep so trimix wasn’t necessary for the planned dive but some specific training for the dive site was. And he didn’t have time to take it and he just went ahead with the dive. The closest I’ve ever come to a dive accident was me going deeper than planned and my regulator breathing wet (getting water in with every breath). The sound Yuri’s regulator was making (sort of squawking or choking sound as he breathed in) reminds me of my near accident. I think he was over breathing his regulator and was very scared. Dive within your training limits.

This was the most informative of all the videos I've seen on this tragedy. The simple visual aids really help to understand.

I really liked how you explained everything. Most channels just tell the story without explaining any of the technical aspects of diving. So thank you!

Tragic story. Thank you for sharing your curiosity with the rest of us. I appreciate you looking beyond what "the story" is and explaining the cause.

I think what makes this incident particularly notable is that it happened in 2000, when the internet was booming, and it ended up getting shared and played a lot. A lot of people have seen the video but a technical explanation like this completely transforms it. Your explanation of the various mistakes and their consequences was succinct and better said than any material I have seen before about this incident. But I realize now when watching this, is that this is something that has happened to many people. If it hadn't been filmed I'm not sure how notable the incident really would have been. So, it being filmed can really highlight these dangers to the public in a way that otherwise would be very expensive via PSAs and such.

It doesn’t matter how much experience you have, when your doing things such as this and you get careless and make mistakes eventually it will cost you. You can only dodge the bullet so many times, if ever.

What a tragic way to go. This is the first time I've seen your channel and I'm definitely subscribing. Excellent work and great video. 👍🏾

Wow way to go with the frequent uploads, amazing to see you upload more frequently without cutting back on the quality of the videos. Splendid as always.

I have watched all the breakdowns of Yuri's dive. This one is the best for anyone without diving experience. Great upload.

I've seen A LOT of KZfaqrs/and others cover this guy's death, but this was by far the best... Explained Simply and accurately. I was a Technical Diver in the US Navy and often used TriMix and every part of this guy's story made me Cringe x2 . Hope people learn from these unfortune few who venture into extreme conditions w/o the gear or knowledge!

This is so fascinating that I'm watching it on repeat . RIP Yuri .

I listen to my body when it tells me to stop. I may be the most boring person on the world but also the most alive one.

I’ve seen this footage for years circulating top 10 videos and such with no explanation besides a diver who couldn’t return to the surface. Thank you for the explanation and the video! I really enjoyed it and I’m going to show my dad, as he’s a diver and him and I love watching these kinds of videos to know what not to do.

Even though I dive myself, the idea of ending up dying like this is just plain terrifying. Sadly much of what we now know about diving as a whole has been found out because of people’s often horrible deaths. I still plan to learn technical and cave diving.

subbing rn this channel is so underrated for the amount of detail put into these is amazing and understandable

I have watched many of these diving accidents video, you explain the concept of “decompression sickness” very well. I understand it fully now. Thanks for the great content!

At last , another phobia video. Thanks so much man. Keep up the good work. Wish you reach 150K asap.

Thank you for explaining this so well! I don't know a thing about diving so the way you explained everything so thoroughly really helped me understand a lot better. I love channels like this. Subscribed!

Well done. There aren't many good docs about Yuri, so it's good to see someone putting something out there that explains a bit more in depth. As soon as you said trimix the correct way, I subscribed because I realized you actually did some level of research and understood the topic, not just the surface view. One thing I'd like to have seen more of was the footage of when he got to the bottom. One thing I've heard and agree with that doesn't seem to come up much is the fact that the bottom of the hole is a big hill that slopes down toward the open sea that bottoms out a few thousand feet below. I imagine some of the struggling seen in the footage is Yuri grabbing the bottom to stop himself from sliding farther down with all his weight. Once stopped, he appears to make his best attempt to get back up to the surface, but yes, nitrogen narcosis plus panic probably made it so difficult to even focus on the many tasks at hand to even attempt a return.

This is super interesting and not as disturbing/scary as I thought it would be. I used to dive loads as a small child, but always in fairly shallow water. I was always taught to remove my weight belt if my boyancy aid failed, but I never thought you could get so deep that you wouldn't naturally float up. When I went to do my proper training for PADI, all the possible things that could go wrong made me so scared and panicked, I just couldn't dive again. This video it really nice and informative and honestly makes me want to try (recreational) scuba diving again!

so sad. thankyou for the real footage. it really makes a difference in our experience and understanding.

The fucking animation representing all the stages until dying was fucking terrifying thanks a lot

You're a great story teller. May Yuri rest in peace.

Just found your channel. Excellent work thank you. Such a sad story! RIP to Yuri

i probably shouldn't have watched this, it almost gave me a panic attack (drowning is one of my biggest fears along with death in general). however, this video was really well made, so you earn my like regardless lmao

You make such high quality videos, I've been hooked since the video you made about the Dutch girls vanishing in Panama. I really appreciated the way you told their story and how you went beyond the surface level analysis you often get with true crime / mystery content creators. I also very much appreciate the respect and lack of over-sensationalism. Every video I watch from you had the same qualities, including this one. So sad and absolutely terrifying. Anyway - thank you for your channel, it's genuinely helped me through a really tough time. Appreciated, man.

i forgot which creator made a video on this situation some half decade or so ago, the thumbnail of this video is exactly the the memory that sticks with you, i havent forgotten about this since, just tragic.

Thank you for so much insight. Learned something new. May his experience serve us all.

Love your work. Some of the best and most thoughtful analysis. Incredibly thorough and well considered without being gratuitous or sensationalized. Another great deep dive (pun well intended) 🤩

Tragic loss of life, this just goes to show when someone walks into a situation with a "full glass" of knowledge. If he had took a few weeks training on top of his existing experience he could have gone down with another experienced buddy and likely would be here today to tell the tale.

this is so informative . I don't plan on diving but the explanation regarding oxygen make so much sense . Thanks for the explanation and this may serve as a guide for those who want to dive always check ur equipment make sure not to be over confident . May yuri rest in peace .

RESPECT THE OCEAN AND SEA

I would never do this, I'm not a risk taker. However, I am a very thorough person. I triple check things at least when its important. I can't imagine how he thought he was prepared for this, is it arrogance?

Dude love your work and editing, top notch 👌

Man I can tell this video took a lot of effort to make cuz the quality is amazing! Just subscribed👍👍 Looking forward to many more great videos

Well made vid about real and unfortunately accident, thx for making it! It will hopefully help to prevent future divers to be less careless and more cautious...RIP Yuri!

Peaked interest you are literally THE BEST mystery youtuber, your production value is even better than buzzfeed unsolved PLEASE keep it up!

I appreciate your videos, your research, experience, and recent questions to us all for input for further videos. I subscribed about one year ago. Thanks for being authentic.

I love the way u explained. gives so much info for poeple that don't even dive . it helps to understand better thankyou

This video edited out much of the dive. I had a sad revelation after watching the full footage many times. Once he hits the bottom he panics and heads toward a pile of rocks that appears to have sticks or something protruding from it. He could have went around it; there were no obstructions. But instead he went over it. Then you hear what sounds like air escaping and the water gets cloudy. I think something was damaged when he went over that rock, and the cloudy red water is blood.

Love how things are so specifically explained. (Great for a slow brain like mine😅) Glad I subbed

thank you for explaining this so thoroughly!!

I’ve signed up to your patreon just to give my support and appreciation! I love your content, and you explain things simple enough for somebody like me (not very bright)🤣. I hope you continue to upload and grow your channel, you deserve more subs😊🙌🏼

You just got a new subscriber 🥰🎧🥰 I've been watching videos about people doing caving but this was the first time I've seen one that explained it so a layman like me could understand. Keep it up great video

Thank you for explaining this terrible accident. I didn't fully understand what happened when I watched this video before. I didn't realize that there basically was no way for him to surface once he hit he bottom.

🇬🇧 Im so much of a Thalassaphobe that I panic in heavy rain! No Kidding! I cant even put my head under the shower because I start to hyperventilate Ive always been this way & its awful on summer holidays as im terrified to go into the sea & worse so, in a swimming pool! I cant stop the physical reactions of fast breathing, heart pounding, skin prickling, shaking Limbs! Ive had hypnotherapy which was useless, no device or tricks or psychological evaluations to my predicament worked! The fact that i worked in Psychology either hampered or harmed my breakthrough. Its an awful thing to have this fear, there are many people who have it to a more or lesser degree! I was even told the best way was for me to go with a competant swimmer & allow myself to partially drown, therefor facing what was the crux of my fear.. I was almost persuaded to throttle this person for suggesting this method! Would they resuscitate me from a heart attack from my " drowning" ? Alas Alack im still confined to beach or poolside during holidays although over the decades i can paddle in the shallows without too much angst... ! Thanks for your video Peace 🇬🇧👧

You make everything clear, and explain very well.

Bro did everything but get to the point