Coast Guard searching for missing Deerfield Beach diver - Florida

[DandyDon]

Coast Guard searching for missing diver off Florida coast​

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — The U.S. Coast Guard is asking boaters to be on the lookout for a diver who went missing off the southeast Florida coast on Saturday.

In a Twitter post, the Coast Guard announced it was searching for Erick Gaunt, who was described as a white man in his 30s.

Gaunt went missing near Deerfield Beach, which is located in northern Broward County, just south of Boca Raton. He was wearing a black wetsuit with white and yellow oxygen tanks when he disappeared.

Anyone with information about the missing diver is asked to contact the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami at (305) 535-4472.

 

[NW Dive Dawg]

It might have been helpful for the CG to elaborate a bit more on how they know he is missing.......Did someone see him "disappear" ?

Hope he turns up OK...

 

[Catito]

Coast Guard searching for missing diver off Florida coast​

Oh. Shore diving there on Sunday. Hope he is found and safe.

 

[DandyDon]

Shore diving there on Sunday.

"The U.S. Coast Guard is asking boaters to be on the lookout for a diver who went missing off the southeast Florida coast on Saturday (today)."

 

[Catito]

"The U.S. Coast Guard is asking boaters to be on the lookout for a diver who went missing off the southeast Florida coast on Saturday (today)."

Yes. I know today. Going to that area tomorrow. The article said yellow and white “tanks”. If shore diving, that area is shallow for a long way out. Maybe he was on a dive boat? People like to dive a few wrecks in that area.

 

[Johnoly]

It might have been helpful for the CG to elaborate a bit more on how they know he is missing....

Just to add our topside conditions today was almost FLAT. This meant that THOUSANDS of boats (pleasure,fishing, diving, jetskis) were on the water today everywhere. It would be very rare not to see the person if he was floating on the surface. Most boats today are reporting an easy 1.5 knot north current, but there is a slight 8 degree thermocline at 80ft. Hope they find him on land and safe.

 

[mer]

I'm in town at the moment. I heard the missing diver was off the Lady Luck wreck (300ft long and 135ft at sand there) and the missing diver was diving with a dive charter operator Sat morning. CCR. Solo and long run time planned.

I've been diving in the area all week and there has been a screaming current, as can happen here with Gulf Stream influence, with the last two days 2-3kt on bottom and more than that mid-water and at the surface. Vis has been 35ft in the warmer water above 80/90ft depth and a bit better vis in the cooler water below that. Unlike prior days, today there was almost no thermocline on the Miller Lite wreck (150ft deep at deck).

 

[Catito]

I'm in town at the moment. I heard the missing diver was off the Lady Luck wreck (300ft long and 135ft at sand there) and the missing diver was diving with a dive charter operator Sat morning. CCR. Solo and long run time planned.

I've been diving in the area all week and there has been a screaming current, as can happen here with Gulf Stream influence, with the last two days 2-3kt on bottom and more than that mid-water and at the surface. Vis has been 35ft in the warmer water above 80/90ft depth and a bit better vis in the cooler water below that. Unlike prior days, today there was almost no thermocline on the Miller Lite wreck (150ft deep at deck).

Does not sound good

 

[Catito]

Coast Guard searching for diver who departed commercial boat, didn’t resurface

A third day of searching for a diver who went missing in the waters near Deerfield Beach is underway, U.S. Coast Guard Southeast officials said. Erick Gaunt, 32, was visiting from Georgia and got off of a commercial diving boat and into the water one nautical mile east of Lighthouse Point...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[JonnieB]

I'm in town at the moment. I heard the missing diver was off the Lady Luck wreck (300ft long and 135ft at sand there) and the missing diver was diving with a dive charter operator Sat morning. CCR. Solo and long run time planned.

I've been diving in the area all week and there has been a screaming current, as can happen here with Gulf Stream influence, with the last two days 2-3kt on bottom and more than that mid-water and at the surface. Vis has been 35ft in the warmer water above 80/90ft depth and a bit better vis in the cooler water below that. Unlike prior days, today there was almost no thermocline on the Miller Lite wreck (150ft deep at deck).

CCR again...surprised anyone dives on these death traps.