Fire Dept rescues 7 - Government Cut, Florida

[DandyDon]

It'd be nice if any locals could share more.

MDFR rescues 7 divers stranded in the ocean off Government Cut

Saturday afternoon around 4:40 p.m., Miami-Dade Fire Rescue raced to save missing divers off Government Cut.

www.cbsnews.com

MIAMI – Saturday afternoon around 4:40 p.m., Miami-Dade Fire Rescue raced to save missing divers off Government Cut. Officials say they heard the distress call and used the coordinates given to search the area. The seven divers were located about 6 miles offshore. They were then brought onboard the fire boat and taken to land. No one was hurt.

 

[Rollin Bonz]

It'd be nice if any locals could share more.

Right? Near zero details in that story. There was 7 of them. Appreciate them including that much...

 

[DandyDon]

Near zero details in that story. There was 7 of them.

And one of them might be encouraged to post here if we could avoid flames.

 

[SlugLife]

And one of them might be encouraged to post here if we could avoid flames.

I only saw one Accident & Incident thread devolve in that manner, which seemed to mostly be a couple people jealous of a successful youtube channel.

My questions would be:

• How did they end up 6 miles off-shore and stranded. Dive-boat left them? Drifted?
• How were they found? (i.e. any safety-devices, DSMB, transmitters, etc?)

 

[Johnoly]

My questions would be:

• How did they end up 6 miles off-shore and stranded.

Add to that 5-7ft seas on 11/20/22. No way it was a charter going out in that.

 

[SlugLife]

Add to that 5-7ft seas on 11/20/22. No way it was a charter going out in that.

Good info. However, when looking at accidents-and-incidents, you have to consider the extraordinary is sometimes true, and how the incident occurred in the first-place. For example, perhaps nearly ALL dive-charters would have noped out, but this one was shady and didn't want to give refunds, and decided to go out anyway, which is how the divers got lost and stranded.

High seas is also a good way for divers to get swept out from shore, or lose sight of shore and head in the wrong direction. So, I'm not suggesting it was a charter, but rather it could have been a charter.

 

[Belzelbub]

Yeah, weird. Lots of links show up when searching the a few key words, but all of the articles are just lacking information. A couple have pictures of the divers on the back of the boat, but no further details.

7 divers and all their gear will take up a lot of space on a boat. So a dedicated dive boat, or a rather large private boat seem most likely. No mention of who initiated the distress call, diver with some sort of beacon, or boat captain.

Lack of info is weird.