List of Undersea Explorers - Cave Divers (Cavers and Speleologists)

Cave Divers (Cavers and Speleologists)

Cave diving is one of the most challenging and potentially dangerous kinds of diving and presents many diving hazards. Cave diving is a form of penetration diving, meaning that in an emergency a diver cannot ascend directly to the surface due to the cave's ceilings, and instead may have to swim horizontally. The underwater navigation through the cave system may be difficult and exit routes may be at considerable distance, requiring the diver to have sufficient breathing gas to make the journey, resulting in potential deep diving risks.

• Graham Balcombe, a founder of the Cave Diving Group
• Jeff Bozanic
• Sheck Exley (April 1, 1949 – April 6, 1994) was a cave-diving pioneer.
• Steve Gerrard
• Nuno Gomes (born 1951), South African diver, holder of world records for deep diving and deepest cave dive
• Jon Lindbergh (born 1932), oldest surviving son of Charles Lindbergh
• David Shaw (1954-2005), Australian cave diver who died attempting to recover the body of another diver from Bushman's Hole in South Africa
• Jack Sheppard (31 March 1909 – 14 July 2001), pioneer of cave diving in the United Kingdom and a founder of the Cave Diving Group
• Don Shirley (born 1957), English cave diver
• Wesley C. Skiles (March 6, 1958 - July 21, 2010), documentary film-maker
• Parker Turner
• Bill Stone
• John Zumrick