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Hello, this is my first post on this forum. To get started, I don't SCUBA dive, I free dive, but I knew this would be the place to come to gather information.
I was sailing about five miles from the Angel's Gate (Port of Los Angeles) when I heard on Channel 16 a distress call from a 65 foot commercial dive boat The Sand Dollar which was operating near Two Harbors, Catalina. The coast guard was communicating directly with the captain or some commander on the boat and this is what I gathered.
There was 35 people aboard and a man 60 years old named Robbie had surfaced and was unconscious, not breathing and when asked to describe his skin color the man on the radio said "blue". This was all after he had been out for two minutes. There was an EMT on board since it was a dive boat with customers, I assume, and he was administering CPR.
The coast guard radio op asked about the details of the dive. He said the man had taken part in three, thirty minute dives at thirty feet deep with fourty-five minutes of rest in between each dive. After this initial information was gathered the conversation dropped off channel 16 and I heard nothing else.
I can't find any information online about what happened except a Twitter post saying that somebody died on Catalina in a dive incident, and it hasn't been in the news yet. That's why I've come here, because I literally listened as the events unfolded and of course I'd like to have a little follow up. If anyone has any information, lets make it public.
Assuming the man has died, we can only hope he died happy and that life was good to him. Condolences to his family and friends as well. I'm sorry, and this should serve as a reminder to stay safe.
Thanks,
Vaughan
I was sailing about five miles from the Angel's Gate (Port of Los Angeles) when I heard on Channel 16 a distress call from a 65 foot commercial dive boat The Sand Dollar which was operating near Two Harbors, Catalina. The coast guard was communicating directly with the captain or some commander on the boat and this is what I gathered.
There was 35 people aboard and a man 60 years old named Robbie had surfaced and was unconscious, not breathing and when asked to describe his skin color the man on the radio said "blue". This was all after he had been out for two minutes. There was an EMT on board since it was a dive boat with customers, I assume, and he was administering CPR.
The coast guard radio op asked about the details of the dive. He said the man had taken part in three, thirty minute dives at thirty feet deep with fourty-five minutes of rest in between each dive. After this initial information was gathered the conversation dropped off channel 16 and I heard nothing else.
I can't find any information online about what happened except a Twitter post saying that somebody died on Catalina in a dive incident, and it hasn't been in the news yet. That's why I've come here, because I literally listened as the events unfolded and of course I'd like to have a little follow up. If anyone has any information, lets make it public.
Assuming the man has died, we can only hope he died happy and that life was good to him. Condolences to his family and friends as well. I'm sorry, and this should serve as a reminder to stay safe.
Thanks,
Vaughan
