Diver Found Dead in La Jolla

[Whitewatermike]

Diver Found Dead in La Jolla | NBC San Diego


A person walking by the La Jolla coastline Sunday spotted the body of a suba diver.
Lifeguards said the man in his 30s washed up along the reefs near a beach called "Hospital Point" just south of the Children's Pool area.
Emergency crews attempted to perform CPR but said it was apparent the man had been dead for several hours.
The driver was wearing full scuba gear. Lifeguards impounded the gear and will transfer it to Scripps Institute of Oceanography to assess if there were any malfunctions in the gear

Source: Diver Found Dead in La Jolla | NBC San Diego

Date of incident: 10/9/2011

 

[Bopper]

Condolences to the friends and family of the deceased.

3 local stories w. bits of additional info:

FOX News:

Diver dies in ocean near La Jolla

FOX 5 San Diego Staff
7:58 a.m. PDT, October 10, 2011
SAN DIEGO - A 35-year-old diver's body was pulled from the ocean near a La Jolla beach Sunday evening, authorities said.
Rescue officials responded to the 300 block of Coast Boulevard at 8:35 p.m. after an Asian man was reported missing in the ocean, police said.
A witness told Fox 5 that two experienced men were scuba diving a miles south of Childrens Pool, testing out their new gear. One of the divers allegedly told the witness that he lost sight of his friend and searched the waters, later calling police.
Search and rescue teams helped locate the missing diver within the hour, the witness said.

CBS News

Body of diver discovered in rocks along La Jolla coast

Posted: Oct 10, 2011 7:39 AM PDT
Updated: Oct 10, 2011 7:39 AM PDT
LA JOLLA (CBS 8) - The identity of a diver who was found floating off the La Jolla coastline is still unknown.
Police say a La Jolla resident found the man on the rocks along the 300 block of Coast Boulevard around 8:45 p.m. Sunday.
Witnesses say, about three hours earlier, they saw him heading into the water by himself, with diving gear.
When someone tried to tell him he shouldn't dive alone, he reportedly said he was going to do it anyway.

SignOn San Diego

Diver found dead in water off La Jolla
7:42 a.m., Oct. 10, 2011
SAN DIEGO — A scuba diver was found dead in the water in La Jolla south of Children’s Pool Sunday night.
The body of the man was discovered about 8:30 p.m., San Diego Lifeguards said.
A man who saw the victim earlier in the evening told 10News the diver was hunting for lobsters.
Authorities are investigating. The name of the man has not been released.

 

[Notso_Ken]

From the contradictions between the various articles (diving solo, versus diving with his friend: testing new gear, versus hunting for lobsters; had been dead for several hours, versus within the hour), is this one accident, or two? Or four?

Ken

 

[gypsyjim]

From the contradictions between the various articles (diving solo, versus diving with his friend: testing new gear, versus hunting for lobsters; had been dead for several hours, versus within the hour), is this one accident, or two? Or four?

Ken

Typically, in the rush to get out a sensational news story the media seems to skip over the fact finding thing these days. Takes time for the entire story to become clear.

Condolences to friends and family, no matter how it happened.

 

[Bopper]

Typically, in the rush to get out a sensational news story the media seems to skip over the fact finding thing these days. Takes time for the entire story to become clear.

Condolences to friends and family, no matter how it happened.

+1

None of the news outlets reported two different incidents. They just seem to have different versions of the same incident.

 

[RonFrank]

Not much to go on other than he was definitely diving near La Jolla, and he definitely is dead. Wonder how much if any air he had left.

I think we can all agree on these two facts....

 

[Phil_C]

+1 on condolences, however it happened there is a family suffering somewhere.

Having worked with law enforcement for over 30 years it makes me mad when I see rushed articles put out - if the press don't know they will not be patient and wait, they make it up and call it reporting. They should report the facts not fiction or speculation. Worse thing is we often inadvertantly perpetuate this by encouraging this speculation. I have so often seen a family's grief made worse by the wrong speculation and guess work that gets printed. Lets hope this doesn't happen here. - P

 

[scubadiver888]

Typically, in the rush to get out a sensational news story the media seems to skip over the fact finding thing these days. Takes time for the entire story to become clear.

Condolences to friends and family, no matter how it happened.

I typically find that the media prints some random facts. Around 20% of the stories have MAYBE one fact right. By the time someone knows all the facts the media has moved on to butcher some other incident.

It is always sad to hear a fellow diver passing on. Condolences to friends and family.

 

[Whitewatermike]

The diver has been identified in the press. Few additional details have been released. Link includes a video with comments from the family.

Diver Found Dead Near Children's Pool ID'd - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego

 

[RonFrank]

I can not say much about his death, but this was a good guy. 35 years old, Served his country for 9 years, just joined the reserve, was a big church goer, loved to dive and catch lobster for his family/girlfriend. Sad to see someone like this go. He should have been diving with a buddy, but maybe that would not have made a difference. No real facts here on the death.