By Star-Advertiser staff
The discovery of a dive float with speared fish still attached has triggered a search for a possible missing diver in Pokai Bay on the Waianae Coast.
The dive float and the fish were found 200 yards offshore of Cabana's Beach Monday morning.
Rescue crews with the Coast Guard, the Honolulu Fire Department, the Honolulu Police Department and Ocean Safety are searching the vicinity of Cabana's Beach between LahiLahi Point and Waianae Boat Harbor in Pokai Bay.
The Coast Guard said the captain of a dive vessel from Dolphin Excursions recovered a dive float with recently speared fish attached and a severed tether line floating offshore of Cabana's Beach.
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Search called off after diver reports he's safe
By Associated Press
POSTED: 02:46 p.m. HST, Jul 03, 2012
The search for a possible missing diver off the west coast of Oahu has been called off after the diver alerted rescuers that he was not in distress.
The Coast Guard, fire department and police began a search Monday after the captain of a dive vessel from Dolphin Excursions found a dive float with recently speared fish floating about 200 yards offshore at a Waianae beach.
A water and aerial search was launched between Lahilahi Point and the Waianae Boat Harbor.
The diver recognized his float on the news and contacted the Coast Guard. He told the Coast Guard he lost it last week near Kaena Point.
The Coast Guard recommends labeling watercraft and equipment with the owner's name, address and phone number to prevent unnecessary searches.
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He saw his stuff on the evening news. Scrambled the fleet and the planes because he lost some gear... It looks like a boat prop got it though.
Put your name on your float.
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