Diver missing off of Albany - Western Australia's South Coast

[DandyDon]

This update is so different that I am replacing the lost diver story with it.
Time there now is 2:29pm Sunday

From Man dies free-diving off Albany coast

POLICE divers have the grim task of retrieving the body of a man from the bottom of the ocean after he died free-diving off the coast of Albany this morning.

The man was diving without SCUBA equipment with two mates just before 10am on Sunday 50m off Bald Head in 20m deep water when he failed to surface.

His body was found at the bottom of the ocean .

Police divers will retrieve his body this afternoon.

Senior Sergeant Peter McLean of Albany Police said a boat was now anchored over the man’s body ready to be brought up.

Snr Sgt McLean stressed the man, whose age has not yet been confirmed, had not been the victim of a shark attack and probably died from a lack of oxygen.

“We do have a male deceased off Bald Head…we know where he is exactly we just have to get the divers in there and bring him up, its nice clear water we know exactly where he is,” Snr Sgt McLean said.


“There is definitely no shark involved I can tell you that, maybe he went a bit deep and he ran out of air.

“With free diving you are not using tanks or anything like that.”

Snr Sgt McLean said police will be interviewing the man’s two friends to try and find out what exactly happened.

 

[Diver71_au]

The diver was a 30yo Male who was free-diving. His body has been retrieved by police divers from a depth of 20m.

At a guess I would lay the blame on Shallow Water Blackout

 

[OneFastEuro]

curious to see what happened with the divers supposed to spot him.

 

[JonKranhouse]

From TheWest.com.au

Diver, 30, drowns near Albany
BRIDGET LACY, The West Australian November 7, 2011, 9:28 am


The freediver who died off the coast of Albany yesterday morning has been named as Thomas Nicholson.

The 30-year-old man was reportedly from Tasmania but had been living in Albany.

The man has drowned while free diving with two friends off Albany.

Police confirmed the man died about 9.30am yesterday as he was diving off Bald Head.

He had been with two men when it is believed he struck trouble, prompting his friends to raise the alarm with a nearby fishing boat.

Last night, police divers from Perth retrieved the man’s body.

Sen. Sgt Peter McLean, of Albany police, said that free diving, in which participants do not use an oxygen tank and instead hold their breath, was inherently dangerous.

 

[ajduplessis]

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