Incident in Whytecliffe Park (Vancouver, BC)

[KrisB]

Tonight's News Hour reported there was a search underway for a diver missing at Whytecliffe Park near Vancouver, British Columbia. They articulated that the diver had not surfaced for several hours.

Hopefully he surfaced, but somewhere else and is recovered... does anybody have more information on this incident?

 

[Battery]

NEWS1130.COM:

The area just around the bend from the beach at Whytecliff Park is known as the Cut to local divers. West Vancouver police say it is very deep and the currents are quite strong there. Two friends, an 18-year-old and 19-year-old, were diving together on Sunday afternoon. They were trying to go 150 feet down, but the water was murky and they lost contact with each other. The 19-year-old took another 20 minutes before he resurfaced and called police. Around 7pm the search was called off. Although no body has been found the coroner has been notified. At one point searchers were confused when a woman diver turned up on the beach. It turns out she ran into some trouble during an unrelated dive near Bowen Island and ended up at Whytecliff Park.

 

[kazinvan]

Latest:

Search for teen diver to resume tomorrow
June 06, 2005 - 1:28 pm
By: John Ackermann

The search for a missing Langley teen off the waters of West Vancouver has been called off until tomorrow. The diver went missing yesterday afternoon and now searchers say they need special equipment to carry on. Yesterday afternoon, Coast Guard vessels spent several hours combing the waters off Whytecliff Park where the diver and a friend were trying to reach depths of 150 feet. West Van Police say those great depths are making search efforts more difficult. But the only tanks up to the task are being used in a separate operation. They expect to get their hands on the equipment tomorrow. Police area also saying, despite his youth, the missing teen had plenty of experience, having completed an advanced diving course.

 

[Uncle Pug]

Please direct further posts to this prior thread discussing the missing diver at Whytecliff Park. Thanks.