Search continues for missing diver near Neah Bay
August 26th, 2015 - 11:50am
(Neah Bay) -- The Coast Guard is continuing its search for Lynn Flaherty, a diver reported missing off Duncan Rock near Cape Flattery.
The Coast Guard has searched more than 290 square miles and 1,028 miles of trackline as of 9 a.m.
Flaherty, a 61 year-old woman who was last known to be wearing a dry suit, is reported to be experienced with more than 21-hundred dives and is equipped with a personal locator beacon, VHF-FM radio and a dive buoy.
Coast Guard crews have completed more than 10 search patterns with assets including an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Port Angeles, a 47-foot Motor Life Boat, a 29-foot Response Boat-Small II from Station Neah Bay and the Coast Guard Cutter Swordfish.
A Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crew also assisted in the search overnight.
Currently searching are crews aboard a Dolphin helicopter, an M-L-B and the Swordfish.
The search began at about 11:25 a.m., Tuesday.
Weather conditions in the search area are reported to be 4-foot swells with a water temperature of 57 degrees, air temperature of 58 degrees and 10 miles of visibility.