She had to alert them as there never watching their charges in the first place what do they do have a card game after people are in the water or some other recreational activity? multiple drowning deaths of Chinese on snorkeling tours being from a landlocked country they dont know the rudimentary's of swimming whatsoever in most cases being highly overrepresented in snorkeling tour fatality's yet the tour guides take no heed and the body count rises.

Posted by slickmelb on October 7, 2015 18:10

I was on the same boat sitting just aside the victim that day. The guider and his crews had done what they could do to rescue him, but it take a little long time to find him. Peace be with his family.

Posted by wang huan on October 7, 2015 18:41

AGAIN - Nothing ever changes so sad. Every year so many drown, seems mainly Chinese. What is Thailand and China doing to stop this? I don't know why I care I left Phuket for reasons like this.

Posted by Too many on October 7, 2015 18:47

If the person went down means he was not wearing a lifejacket, the crew should be responsible enough to ensure customers wear the jackets before jumping out to water?

Posted by Deepak on October 7, 2015 21:09

I was in Israel last month and there they have lifeguards standing on surfboards with paddles with all the swimmers between them. In Israel the safety is of a far higher standard having spent years in Thailand it is quite refreshing to sea. Even as soon as an elderly man moves outside the zone they called him to come back.

Posted by I am pretty far from ok on October 7, 2015 21:15

Why do I remember the words often spoken on Phuket - "You want you pay" - all comes down to greed there is no money in saving people by prevention therefore it won't be done in many cases. Law enforcement is very low in marine safety in Phuket.

Posted by Safety on October 8, 2015 06:45

Ed - "The problem is that an untrained person with their face underwater doesn't realise they have a problem and doesn't show normal signs of distress until it's too late"

Come on, Ed - that's the kind of conjectural nonsense you chastise your readers for coming up with. Best leave your pathological noodlings to the experts.

Posted by sid on October 8, 2015 07:39

Ed- What experts? You just made that bit up. - The correct response would have been "You are quite right Sid, I have no idea how this guy died, and I should not be making assumptions"

Posted by sid on October 8, 2015 08:55

Ed- you mean my reaction to your assumption?

Posted by sid on October 8, 2015 09:23