Unknown Louisiana diver drowns cleaning boat - Orange Beach, Alabama

[DandyDon]

Louisiana diver drowns cleaning boat at Orange Beach marina, police say

The diver was last seen entering the water about 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

www.al.com

The body of a Louisiana man who had been diving underneath his boat to clean it was found Saturday evening in an apparent drowning, Orange Beach police said Monday morning.

Lt. David Johnson said officers were called to the Wharf Marina along Wharf Parkway about 1 p.m. Saturday on a report of a diver who had not been seen for several hours.

Once at the scene, officers learned the man had last been seen about 7:30 a.m., but never resurfaced.

Dive teams were dispatched to the scene and located the man’s body underneath the boat about 6 p.m., Johnson said.

The body was sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to be autopsied, but foul play is not suspected.

 

[Waterwulf]

We'll probably never know what happened but one thing I do know for certain. Doing any kind of sustained work underwater that requires you to do anything upside down or on your back can cause disorientation. Scrubbing a bottom is labor intense and upside down.

 

[DandyDon]

We'll probably never know what happened

No. I can think of several possible risks, but we can only hope a local diver might learn the cause and post it.

 

[clownfishsydney]

Happened to a diver I knew in Sydney. Who knows why? Ran out of air, too heavy to then ascend, water came in through reg when upsidedown (that happens a lot cleaning boats).