This is a summary of the Thai cave drownings based on reporting in the Bangkok Post and Nation newspapers. On Saturday 13 October 2007 a group of eight tourists with two local Thai guides took a boat from the Ratchaprpaha Dam to go on a tour of Tham Nam Thalu in the Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani province in southern Thailand. There had been three hours of heavy rain and the guides had received warnings from locals and park rangers not to enter the cave. Nine of the group (a German lady stayed outside) entered the cave at about midday. Tham Nam Thalu is a

Cedric Verdier and Mike Gadd returned to Tham Sra Keao in Krabi and on 17th May Cedric reached a depth of -201m on a 6 hour dive. Sra Keao has overtaken the -199m deep Big House Cave in Chiang Mai to claim the title of deepest cave in the country. A full report is available at http://www.cedricverdier.com/200mdiveWeb.pdf