NC Diver Missing From Frying Pan Tower

[NCSU_Diver]

This weekend three divers took to the waters off the NC coast at the Frying Pan tower. After being pushed by stong currents they surfaced far from the boat which they had anchored. Nobody was on the boat only the three divers that were in the water. One made it back to their personal boat and another was found by the USCG while flashing his light during the night. Currently there is still one missing. He was seen by the one diver who made it back to the boat but after the safe diver pulled the anchor and turned the boat around, he was gone. Just wanted to let you guys know to keep him in your prayers.

And for anybody diving off their personal boat, leave somebody on the boat at all times and make sure you are trained enough to handle any situation that might arrise. I am not sure what the extent of the training these divers had had, but doing a drift dive at the tower is not for the untrained. We hate to see this happen to you when you come down to the coast and visit.

Anyway keep the fingers crossed for his safe return to shore.

 

[Quetzal]

Hope he gets out safely.
Do you have a link to a news story? I googled it and came up w/ nothing.

 

[JWU42]

This makes two incidents off the NC coast this past weekend...

 

[Quetzal]

This makes two incidents off the NC coast this past weekend...

Ok what was the other?

 

[fireflock]

There is a thread about this in Accidents and Incidents

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=101340

 

[Jason B]

same incident....

 

[H2Andy]

dang... just terrible...

another diver apparently got swept away by currents in South Florida as well:

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=101246

 

[JWU42]

@Jason B,

Quite right - apologies. I read the first write-up on TDS and it wasn't mentioning "Frying Pan Tower" but "Bald Head Island". Upon re-reading it mentions some of the same details the OP detailed.

http://www.wral.com/news/4626685/detail.html

 

[NCSU_Diver]

Yea thats the same one. I don't know if they left out of bald head Island or what but I heard they went to the tower to do a drift dive. Its all over the news here at Topsail but yet to see any online articles.

 

[Kriterian]

Yea thats the same one. I don't know if they left out of bald head Island or what but I heard they went to the tower to do a drift dive. Its all over the news here at Topsail but yet to see any online articles.

I posted the Bald Head Island version in Accidents and Incidents, it was an article that I got from our local news site, WRAL. Here is the link

It doesn't mention Topsail, but I think they got the Bald Head Island portion because that's where the search area was for the third man after the second was found 9 miles SE of Bald Head. I'm not familiar with that part of the beach, so I'm not sure where or what Frying Pan Tower is exactly.