Scuba Instructor Dies At Whytecliff

Some terrible news regarding last week’s scuba accident at Whytecliff park. An article in the Surrey Leader reports that the man, Rick Musgrave, passed away at Vancouver General Hospital after apparently suffering a heart attack at a depth of 100ft while instructing a group of students.

His son, Stephen Musgrave, has made this posting on ScubaBoard:

Sad to announce the Passing of my father Rick Musgrave at the age of 61. He passed away doing what he loved, apparantly due to a heart attack suffered while instructing a deep dive PADI specialty at 100ft (investigation ongoing). Thank you to all who helped out on scene and offered support to the family at the hospital. Rick started diving in Southern BC during the sixties, casting his own weights and making his own suits (due to the lack of recreational dive shops back then). He spent the last ten years working and instructing out of several dive shops around Vancouver and did recreational diving in: Honduras, Mexico, Dominican and other locations in the Caribbean. He will be Sadly missed.

My condolences go to Rick’s friends and family.