British tourist dies during diving expedition near Cyprus shipwreck

A 61-year-old British tourist has died after being found unconscious underwater during a diving expedition off the coast of Cyprus. The Daily Mail and Cyprus Inform both reported that emergency services discovered the man near the Zenobia shipwreck in Larnaca Bay on Tuesday morning. Cyprus Inform spelled the site name as the Zenovia wreck. [1][3]

The Daily Mail reported that the man was diving as part of a group when he was discovered 100 feet below the surface. Emergency services received reports of an unconscious person and deployed a police speedboat to retrieve him from the water. Rescuers transported him to the shore, where an ambulance took him to a local hospital where medical staff later pronounced him dead. [1]

Cyprus is an island country located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The capital and largest city of the nation is Nicosia. The republic gained its independence from British colonial rule in August 1960. [6][7]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, another British national faced legal action in Cyprus in October 2026. A court in Paphos fined a father 3,000 euros after his two-year-old son fell to his death from a hotel window in Chlorakas in July. [8]