# British diver dies during 100ft descent at Cyprus wreck site

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/british-tourist-dies-after-being-found-unconscious-100ft-below-the-surface-during-cyprus-shipwreck-dive/
- Published: 2026-11-11T11:34:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T11:47:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16284019/British-tourist-dies-unconscious-surface-Cyprus-shipwreck-dive.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- British tourist dies after a dive at Cyprus’s Zenobia wreck.
- His instructor found him unconscious at about 100ft.
- The site attracts up to 45,000 divers each year.

## Summary

A 61-year-old British tourist died after being found unconscious during a dive at the Zenobia shipwreck in Larnaca Bay, Cyprus. The incident highlights the risks of deep wreck diving at a site popular with thousands of divers each year.

The diver was reportedly found by his instructor at a depth of about 100ft on Tuesday morning. Emergency services took him by police speedboat to shore, where an ambulance transferred him to hospital; he was later pronounced dead. The Zenobia sank in 1980 and lies between 50ft and 140ft deep. It attracts up to 45,000 divers annually, and another diver died there earlier this year.

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