Drifting diver rescued

[Shasta_man]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article277806608.html

It sounds like he might have been diving alone to have lost his boat but it mentions a lost diver alert too so not clear.

First comment on the article is about carrying a locator beacon.

Takeaway is to wave your arms a lot when u see a boat!

 

[CuzzA]

All I gather from the article is a diver was separated from a boat and around the same time the two men rescued him a lost diver call was received by the Coast Guard. That's about it. Typical poor journalism.

If I had to guess, and judging by the pictures, there were at least two men on the dive boat. They were either both diving an unoccupied boat, or solo diving. One man got separated from the boat and the two off duty officers rescued him and brought him back to the boat. The other guy on the dive boat called the Coast Guard.

From the pictures we see three men and one woman (possibly more or they took turns taking pictures). The one on the dive boat appears to belong to the dive boat and the guy in the black hoodie appears to have a dive computer or compass on his wrist possibly indicating he was the one rescued and transferring his gear back to the dive boat. There are two different sets of fins on the boat. So at least five people are present in the scene of the photographs. Two of them have their faces blacked out and so it's probably a safe bet that the two with the blacked out face belong to the dive boat.

 

[NW Dive Dawg]

Takeaway is to wave your arms a lot when u see a boat!

My takeaway is to carry my Nautilus Lifeline (older version with VHF), DSMB and SMB and signal mirror. PLB would also be a great addition...