Coast Guard says man dies in 120-foot dive off Beaufort Inlet, NC

[ml_guy]

More info will no doubt be coming - Paul was a well known Boston Area diver...


Coast Guard says man dies in 120-foot dive off Beaufort Inlet :: The Republic

 

[macado]

Very sad to hear. Paul was pretty action in the North Shore Frogmen Dive Club. I did not know him personally but I know that lots of New England divers did.

 

[openmindOW]

Does anyone know which wreck they were diving?

 

[SPEARIT]

Aeolus

 

[RogerAGrimes]

Any details? What happened? Dive issues? Health issues? Found alone? With someone when emergency hit? How long on bottom before brought up? Sea conditions, etc.?

 

[openmindOW]

Aeolus

Thank you for that information. Do you know if it was a first or second dive?

Olympus often does a 2-tank trip. At Aeolus, the sand is at about 110 feet, as I recall.

 

[ScubaGypsy]

I dove the Aeolus on 04 June 2011 and recorded a maximum depth of 113' near the sand between the stern section and middle section.

 

[openmindOW]

I dove the Aeolus on 04 June 2011 and recorded a maximum depth of 113' near the sand between the stern section and middle section.

Did you hit the sand? What was the water temp at depth?

 

[deepair]

The word/rumor I heard was it was medical in nature. And I also believe that the Aeolus is in around 110' of water. Sad no matter what.

 

[RogerAGrimes]

His name is Paul Sauvageau, and there's a picture of him on the Northshore Frogmen home page: North Shore Frogmen - Scuba Diving Club

Still no details that I can find.

On a slightly related note, I've been hanging out on this DL for many years, and for some reason, accidents from the Mid-Atlantic coast usually end up with little to no detail. It seems incidents from almost anywhere else in the world either comes out immediately with details or within a few days. Not an incident from Virginia Beach, Hatteras, or Morehead City areas. I wonder why?