Dive boat abandonment
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Doubler
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This past year:
4 divers left in Komodo Indonesia
2 left at Sandals resort
2 left in Australia
1 left in Fiji this past week
I am sure there more and there are threads on this.
4 divers left in Komodo Indonesia
2 left at Sandals resort
2 left in Australia
1 left in Fiji this past week
I am sure there more and there are threads on this.
fisheater
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One diver was left in Southern California about 4 years back.
I have been on our boat and watched another lds leave their diver. We radio'd and flagged them back. They would have just trotted on home. The boat was a 6 pack, not a cattle boat...
kadleck
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We saw a guy from a different LDS when we returned from our last dive, in moderate current. We had just stated back to the mother ship when we saw him. He had an SMB deployed and signalled 'OK' to us when we approached. Saw his boat in the distance (they were looking for him) and waved them over. So I guess this one would class as a 'lost' diver. I am surprised a small boat would fail to count divers back - that is a real failing.
Noboundaries
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Here are the ones I know about from earlier this year. Why do you ask for your first post?
3/6/2008 St Simmons Islands, GA. 1 diver Time in water: 3 hrs. Summary: 3 adult males diving from a 29' boat when one disappeared. Found by the Navy participating in the search.
4/3/2008 Mandurah, Australia. 2 divers. Time in water: 7 hrs Two divers came up from diving and their personal dive boat had drifted away. One ended up swimming ashore and the other clung to a navigation marker for four hours before being found.
4/26/2008 Seven Stars Pinnacle, Taiwan. 8 divers. Time in water: 60 hrs. 6 males, 2 females. Counter-currents. Dive boat looked in surface current direction, subsurface current carried them in the opposite direction. DM swam ashore after 40 hours and alerted the search crews. Found by helo due to camera flashes.
5/15/2008. Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans. 1 diver. Time in water: 3 hrs. Spearfishing. Spotted by passing boat. Relayed info to Coast Guard who rescued by helicopter.
5/23/2008. Whitsunday Islands, Bait Reef, Australia. 2 divers. Time in water: 19 hrs. Liveaboard, dove outside cove, caught in current. Came up 200 yds from boat and swept out to sea. Blew whistles, but wind blowing in wrong direction. Saw rescue helicopters several times but divers were not seen. Eventually seen by a helicopter.
5/31/2008 St Lucia Inlet, Ft Lauderdale, FL. 1 diver. Time in water: 22 hrs. Found by helicopter. Commercial solo diver on boat with buddy. 4-6 foot seas. He surfaced after a ten minute dive, saw the boat, continued diving. Came up and saw his boat being driven off by his friend to alert two fishing boats. With no way to signal, they could not find him in the sea state.
6/6/2008 Komodo National Park, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores. 5 divers. Time in water approximately 12 hours before making it to an island. Total time missing: 48 hrs. DM and four divers. 1 male, 4 women. DM was a woman. They were diving in an area with 4 or 5 converging currents that can resolve with strong down currents.
3/6/2008 St Simmons Islands, GA. 1 diver Time in water: 3 hrs. Summary: 3 adult males diving from a 29' boat when one disappeared. Found by the Navy participating in the search.
4/3/2008 Mandurah, Australia. 2 divers. Time in water: 7 hrs Two divers came up from diving and their personal dive boat had drifted away. One ended up swimming ashore and the other clung to a navigation marker for four hours before being found.
4/26/2008 Seven Stars Pinnacle, Taiwan. 8 divers. Time in water: 60 hrs. 6 males, 2 females. Counter-currents. Dive boat looked in surface current direction, subsurface current carried them in the opposite direction. DM swam ashore after 40 hours and alerted the search crews. Found by helo due to camera flashes.
5/15/2008. Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans. 1 diver. Time in water: 3 hrs. Spearfishing. Spotted by passing boat. Relayed info to Coast Guard who rescued by helicopter.
5/23/2008. Whitsunday Islands, Bait Reef, Australia. 2 divers. Time in water: 19 hrs. Liveaboard, dove outside cove, caught in current. Came up 200 yds from boat and swept out to sea. Blew whistles, but wind blowing in wrong direction. Saw rescue helicopters several times but divers were not seen. Eventually seen by a helicopter.
5/31/2008 St Lucia Inlet, Ft Lauderdale, FL. 1 diver. Time in water: 22 hrs. Found by helicopter. Commercial solo diver on boat with buddy. 4-6 foot seas. He surfaced after a ten minute dive, saw the boat, continued diving. Came up and saw his boat being driven off by his friend to alert two fishing boats. With no way to signal, they could not find him in the sea state.
6/6/2008 Komodo National Park, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores. 5 divers. Time in water approximately 12 hours before making it to an island. Total time missing: 48 hrs. DM and four divers. 1 male, 4 women. DM was a woman. They were diving in an area with 4 or 5 converging currents that can resolve with strong down currents.
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