Filmmaker Rob Stewart dies off Alligator Reef

[DandyDon]

Diver missing near Alligator Reef Tuesday night

The U.S. Coast Guard searched for a missing scuba diver off the Upper Florida Keys Tuesday night.

The diver disappeared in the vicinity of Alligator Reef, about five miles off the ocean side of Lower Matecumbe Key. The crew of a vessel called The Pisces reported the diver missing around 5:15 p.m., according to Petty Officer Eric Woodall, Coast Guard spokesman.

The Coast Guard launched a 33-foot fast response boat from Coast Guard Station Islamorada, a MH-65-Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Miami and the cutter Charles Sexton from Sector Key West to conduct the search.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also participated in the effort, Woodall said.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

 

[crookshanky]

Apparently the missing diver is the Sharkwater filmmaker Rob Stewart...

Sharkwater filmmaker Rob Stewart from Toronto goes missing while diving in Florida

 

[Cali_diver]

Not good. Hoping they find Rob safe and sound. He is very important to our world.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

I just heard on my VHF radio at 6:10 this morning (2/1/17)the USCG issuing another PON PON regarding a missing diver at Alligator reef.

 

[Rusty Roo]

do any of you florida residents know this reef?

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Its a very popular reef ....

 

[Rusty Roo]

Its a very popular reef ....

any additional information? are there currents etc etc

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

any additional information? are there currents etc etc

Its like most any other reef here in the Keys. Current is sometimes an issue -- most often not a problem.

 

[DiverDiverRUOK]

Report I read stated he was diving on Queen of Nassau wreck, and diving on a rebreather.

 

[YankBoffin]

Just spotted this bit of info in the comments to the straight.com article: