nereas
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The Divemaster, Zack Araneta made an incredible blunder by counting him aboard after the dive. I don't recall if someone actually answered for him or not, but as a DM, you need to actually see the person before you count them. After the incorrect roll call, he told the Captain that all were accounted for.
They then headed for the next site, the wreck of the Ace One. Somehow Zack compounded his earlier error by counting Dan in the water here. Maybe he saw that Dan and his gear were not onboard and assumed he missed him getting in the water. It wasn't until the final roll call that he was finally noticed as missing and the Coast Guard was called...
This seems to be the major SNAFU. And according to the newspaper article on this, the USCG was conducting their search in the location of the 2nd dive site, not the first one, based on what the D/M told them.
It turned out to be SNAFU upon SNAFU.
It was the Boy Scout boat that saved the day.