# Wolverhampton father died after diving into shallow water at Welsh beach

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/churchgoing-father-died-after-diving-into-shallow-water-and-smashing-his-head-on-seabed-during-bank-holiday-family-day-out-inquest-hears/
- Published: 2026-11-13T12:15:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T12:33:03+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16290031/Churchgoing-father-died-diving-shallow-water-smashing-head-seabed-Bank-Holiday-family-day-inquest-hears.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Culture, Travel, UK, World

## Key points

- Shahab Rasaeifa died after hitting the seabed while diving.
- The 45-year-old died four days after the beach accident.
- His church community helped raise repatriation funds.

## Summary

An inquest heard that Seyad Shahab Rasaeifa died after diving into shallow water at Black Rock Sands during a family trip over the May Bank Holiday. The 45-year-old suffered a serious head injury when he struck the seabed, and a coroner recorded his death as accidental.

Rasaeifa, who was known as Shahab, was taken to Royal Stoke Hospital and died four days after the accident. His medical cause of death was a hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest. He lived in Wolverhampton, and his church community supported efforts to repatriate his body to Iran.

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