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Dave wasn't used to diving with a helmet, and for this dive
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Dave Not Coming Back

Dave wasn't used to diving with a helmet, and for this dive, he not only wore a helmet,...

Dave wasn't used to diving with a helmet, and for this dive, he not only wore a helmet, but he wore a helmet with a fairly bulky housing and camera on top of it

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Dave wasn't used to diving with a helmet, and for this dive,
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he not only wore a helmet,
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but he wore a helmet with a fairly bulky housing and camera on top of it.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:39
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, action, adventure
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Two friends, Don and Dave were diving in the cave of Boesmansgat: 283 meters. Right before surfacing up, Dave - who'd just broken a world record - finds a body. They decide to dive back and retrieve it.
[Derek] It-- It-- You know, it plays on my mind sometimes, you know, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:13
[Derek] It-- It-- You know, it plays on my mind sometimes,...
That makes those feelings of guilt a real issue. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
That makes those feelings of guilt a real issue.
[cameraman] Dave was two or three different people. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
[cameraman] Dave was two or three different people.
We were both in a sort of a transition point - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
We were both in a sort of a transition point
Now for the film, Dave would want that story told the way that I want the story told. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
Now for the film, Dave would want that story told the way...
What I've always tried to do is to give the true information of what went on. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
What I've always tried to do is to give the true...
[Don] By re-enacting, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
[Don] By re-enacting,
I'll dive and re-enact my scenes. I'll play myself. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
I'll dive and re-enact my scenes. I'll play...
You play the other divers to see if I'm okay. So look at me. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
You play the other divers to see if I'm okay. So look...
-Yeah. -So you see that, you know, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
-Yeah. -So you see that, you know,
-Okay. -Do it nice, okay? Do it proper, okay? - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
-Okay. -Do it nice, okay? Do it proper, okay?
All right? And then you're gone. And then you leave. That's it. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
All right? And then you're gone. And then you leave....
[Don] If you're about to go and do a dive, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
[Don] If you're about to go and do a dive,
Decompression in itself - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
Decompression in itself
When you're coming up, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
When you're coming up,
If it manifests in your brain or your spine or your ear, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
If it manifests in your brain or your spine or your ear,
People call decompression illness "the bends." - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
People call decompression illness "the bends."
The only way you can avoid decompression problems is to rise up slowly and stop. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
The only way you can avoid decompression problems is to rise...
Put specific depths for specific times. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
Put specific depths for specific times.
The more time you spend under water, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
The more time you spend under water,