Unknown Coasties searching for missing diver - Pompano Beach, Florida

[DandyDon]

Search underway for missing diver off coast of Pompano Beach, U.S. Coast Guard says

The USCG said its air and surface teams are actively searching for 24-year-old Jack Levine, who "reportedly failed to resurface while diving" about two miles off Pompano Beach.

www.cbsnews.com

A search is underway for a missing diver who was last seen just off the coast of Pompano Beach on Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The USCG said on X that its air and surface teams are actively searching for 24-year-old Jack Levine, who "reportedly failed to resurface while diving" about two miles off Pompano Beach. He is said to be last been seen wearing a black wetsuit.

#Breaking @USCG air and surface assets are searching for 24-year-old Jack Levine who reportedly failed to resurface while diving approx. 2 miles off Pompano Beach. He was last seen wearing a black wetsuit. Anyone with information is asked to call #USCG Sector Miami: 305-535-4472 pic.twitter.com/BivQcKQ4y1

— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) March 15, 2025

If anyone has seen Levine or has any information that may help the search, they are asked to call the USCG's Miami Sector at (305) 535-4472.

 

[MrChen]

A buddy of mine was diving on the boat when he went missing. Let me know if you want me to share what he said about the incident.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Does it add any value for us to speculate as to cause? If so, please share.

 

[tekkydiver]

A buddy of mine was diving on the boat when he went missing. Let me know if you want me to share what he said about the incident.

What boat?

 

[NothingClever]

Does it add any value for us to speculate as to cause? If so, please share.

Is that what we’re aiming for on ScubaBoard, speculation?

How about accident analysis instead?

Perhaps I’m overly focused on syntax and definitions but speculation in the world of accident analysis and risk mitigation conveys idle curiosity and/or superficial fascination. Speculation is the enemy to figuring out what happened, how it could’ve been prevented and how to make positive, procedural changes to ensure avoidance of a repeat accident or fatality.

Accident analysis focuses on gathering facts, conducting dispassionate analysis and examining procedures.

Big difference.

 

[Cuttlefishlover]

A buddy of mine was diving on the boat when he went missing. Let me know if you want me to share what he said about the incident.

For me, the details help me review what I do, am I being a safe diver, am I falling short. It is not about judgment for me, it is about being vigilant in what I do, because it is very easy to “forget” “be distracted” and make choices over what I “want to do” over what is “safe to do”.

 

[Cuttlefishlover]

For me, the details help me review what I do, am I being a safe diver, am I falling short. It is not about judgment for me, it is about being vigilant in what I do, because it is very easy to “forget” “be distracted” and make choices over what I “want to do” over what is “safe to do”.

Praying he is found safe. That water looks ruff in the videos.

 

[MrChen]

What boat?

Dixie divers

 

[MrChen]

I only know a little from my friend who was on the boat. He said they were a pair of brothers, possibly new divers with rental gear. He said his inflator hose was disconnected, he panicked, and drowned while sinking. The brother surfaced yelling for help. That another experienced diver went looking for him and could not find him.

The mother was at the dock screaming at everyone.

This is from the perspective of someone who probably didn't see it happen since he did a full dive. He most likely learned about it once he got back on the boat and everyone was talking.

Take it for what it is, nothing which can be proven as fact, but from someone who was on the boat that day and this is what they interpreted as the events.

 

[MrChen]

Also it was 6 to 7 ft seas