Dive Boat Sinks in Pompano Beach

[Ana]

Divers rescued after boat starts to sink off Pompano Beach – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

 

[The Chairman]

Glad everyone made it out of the water!!!

 

[ofg-1]

Sure they just weren't preparing for next week's wreck diving class?

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Wow! Glad everyone was safely rescued. I’m not personally familiar with that charter.

Was anyone dived the new wreck?

I assume they’ll raise it pretty quickly?

 

[Johnoly]

...I’m not personally familiar with that charter....

It's South Florida Diving Headquarter's smaller dive boat.
In the video I didn't see them using the bow line..Maybe tied in the other end??

 

[letterboy]

Divers rescued after boat starts to sink off Pompano Beach – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

I posted a couple articles last night in a different thread, one of them says they backed over their anchor line another says they couldn't get the hook free and it caused them to sink...

Will be interesting to hear what happened.

Was it sfdhq that lost a boat in the Inlet? It's been years now.

 

[jadairiii]

My buddy and I went off that boat about 2 years ago.....last time I would ever dive with them. From the reports it sure sounds like a stern tie in, which would not surprise me, based on the stupidity I saw when we went out with them.

I've seen stern tie ins with a lot of south Florida dive operations, clearly the IQ requirements to be a dive boat operator in S Florida are very low.

 

[tekkydiver]

File this one under "Another Bone Head Dive Charter in S. Florida."
Anyone know who might be the Captain or the op? Was he anchored on the reef?

Divers rescued after boat starts to sink off Pompano Beach – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

 

[RyanT]

They did a stern tie in on the Okinowa and then started taking on water (through the prop shaft maybe?).

 

[RyanT]

South Florida Diving Headquarters, stern tie in on the Okinawa.