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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daisy Dumas

‘His eyes were not smiling’: guide tearfully recalls British music producer’s diving death off Byron Bay

Stock image of scuba diver. Karl Bareham was found on the ocean floor 2.5km off the coast during a dive tour of Nguthungulli/Julian Rocks off Byron Bay in 2019.
Stock image of scuba diver. Karl Bareham was found on the ocean floor 2.5km off the coast during a dive tour of Nguthungulli/Julian Rocks off Byron Bay in 2019. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

A dive guide has tearfully recalled the moment she found a British music producer lying motionless on his back on the ocean floor during a scuba tour off the coast of Byron Bay in New South Wales.

Karl Bareham died during a dive tour of Ngnuthungulli/Julian Rocks on 24 September 2019. He had arrived in Australia the day before and was to tour with City and Colour musician Dallas Green.

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