Search for Missing Diver Underway west of Tarpon Springs, FL 9_12_2020

[Kublai]

Pasco County missing diver | wtsp.com

 

[DandyDon]

Rescuers search for diver missing off Anclote Key

Rescuers continue to search Sunday for a diver who disappeared about seven miles off Anclote Key since Saturday afternoon.

The diver, a 35-year-old man, was out diving with friends and got separated from the group, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The Coast Guard sent a boat and helicopter Saturday and will continue searching throughout the day as rain showers lash Tampa Bay and Tropical Storm Sally continues to strengthen off the southwest coast of Florida. The storm is expected to dump heavy rains on the region this week.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the Coast Guard on marine radio channel 16 or at (727) 824-7534.

 

[Jack Hammer]

Hope they find him

 

[Belzelbub]

Search suspended.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing diver offshore from Anclote Key - IONTB

The Coast Guard is suspending the search for a missing diver seven miles offshore of Anclote Key, Florida Monday.

The missing diver has been identified as 35-year-old Eddie Brunt III.

 

[Satrekker]

Eddie is a spearfishing buddy of mine. I just heard the news. I'm just crushed at the moment. More boats are going out to look for him tomorrow, but the weather doesn't look good. I'm praying for you buddy. :-(

 

[Satrekker]

Coast guard has called off the search after 43 hours. There are 10 boats with divers headed to the dive area this morning to search. No other details right now. Eddie was a fit guy, so it's hard to imagine a medical issue, but that's just speculation. Nothing else really known at the moment.

 

[Belzelbub]

Eddie is a spearfishing buddy of mine. I just heard the news. I'm just crushed at the moment. More boats are going out to look for him tomorrow, but the weather doesn't look good. I'm praying for you buddy. :-(

Sorry to hear about your friend. Hoping for a positive outcome.

 

[Kublai]

Search suspended.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing diver offshore from Anclote Key - IONTB

Dang.

Eddie is a spearfishing buddy of mine. I just heard the news. I'm just crushed at the moment. More boats are going out to look for him tomorrow, but the weather doesn't look good. I'm praying for you buddy. :-(

Still holding out hope for a positive outcome, good luck to the searchers today.

 

[johndiver999]

Eddie is a spearfishing buddy of mine. I just heard the news. I'm just crushed at the moment. More boats are going out to look for him tomorrow, but the weather doesn't look good. I'm praying for you buddy. :-(

Very sorry to hear this. Did he have a light?

 

[Satrekker]

I have some 2nd hand information regarding this incident from a friend who has spoken with another friend of ours who was on the boat. No, I have not spoken to the person on the boat directly, but I thought this was not just speculation. Weather was okay, waves not too rough, not much current, and visibility wasn't bad. Eddy never resurfaced is what I've been told. The site off Anclote was 7 miles out, and the water was only 34 feet deep. Eddy was in really great shape. He dove with steel 120's, and I was told he had a dsmb on him. I forgot to ask about a light. For the life of me, I can't imagine what could have occurred outside of a medical event or some type of entanglement issue if he never made it to the surface, and I would think there would be some equpment or something out there had it been a medical event, but I don't know whether or not his speargun was buoyant or not.

Divers did go out and dive the site at 3am the following morning and visibility for the night dive was said to have been very good for a night dive in the gulf and nothing was found. No equipment. Nothing. That's all I've heard so far. Obviously, nothing new on the search side of things. :-(