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Per the local TV, the search was unsuccessful and has been called off.
http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2006/10/07/n/HeadlineNews/MISSING-DIVER/resources_bcn_html
http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2006/10/07/n/HeadlineNews/MISSING-DIVER/resources_bcn_html
COAST GUARD SEARCHES MONTEREY WATERS FOR MISSING DIVER
10/07/06 6:40 PDT
MONTEREY (BCN)
The U.S. Coast Guard has launched two helicopters and a motorboat to search the waters off Point Sur on the Monterey coastline in hopes of finding a 60-year-old scuba diver reported missing around noon today, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard estimates the diver has about 10 hours to survive in the water, and the search will last at least that long, U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Amy Marrs reported.
The recreational dive group that included the now-missing man boarded the charter vessel, Cypress Sea, and took their first dive around 11 a.m. today, according to Marrs. They were in waters about four miles west of Point Sur, Marrs reported.
Marrs said the man probably entered the water shortly after 11 a.m. with about two hours of air with him when he left the vessel.
The Coast Guard received word at 12:10 p.m. that the man had not returned with his "dive buddy."
Divers aboard the charter boat searched for the man but were unable to find him.
Marrs said the man is "an experienced diver'' and "was with a partner'' when he entered the water.
The Coast Guard has two HH-65 helicopters from Air Station San Francisco and a 47-foot motor life boast from Coast Guard Station Monterey.
The Coast Guard is searching an area of approximately 100 square miles, according to Marr.