ABSTRACT
Diving includes snorkelling. Snorkellers who rarely leave the surface still expose themselves to many hazards, including drowning (see Chapter 61). ere are few well-documented series of these incidents. Walker described 90 snorkelling deaths between 1972 and 1987, although many had no forensic assessment1. Edmonds and Walker
described 60 such deaths between 1987 and 1996, all of which had coroners’ inquiries and/or autopsy investigations2. Lippmann and Pearn described a further 130 cases, up until 20063.
