Laguna Beach fatality - California

[DandyDon]

The Orange County Register

LAGUNA BEACH – A Yorba Linda man died Sunday after suffering a heart attack while scuba diving off Laguna Beach, authorities said.
Shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday, the man and his adult son were scuba diving at Diver’s Cove, Laguna Beach Marine Safety Lt. Scott Diederich said.
The man became distressed about 100 yards offshore, and his son began helping him toward the beach, Diederich said.
The man lost consciousness about 50 yards out, and a lifeguard jumped into the water to help

Diver dies off Laguna shores - Coastline Pilot

A 67-year-old Yorba Linda man scuba diving with his son off Diver's Cove in Laguna Beach died Sunday afternoon, according to a marine safety official.
Laguna Beach Marine Safety received a 911 call at 3:08 p.m., when there were about 100 people on the beach, marine safety Lt. Scott Diederich said.
Laguna lifeguards helped the adult son pull the man, already in cardiac arrest, onto shore, where they began CPR, he said.

As of Monday afternoon, authorities had not released the man's name pending notification of family, said Orange County Supervising Deputy Coroner Mitchell Sigal.
Laguna Beach firefighters and Newport Beach paramedics assisted, but were not able to revive the man, who was taken to Mission Hospital Laguna Beach, Diederich said.
The two men were about 100 yards offshore in water 15 to 20 feet deep, Diederich said.
"Surf was small, 1 to 3 feet, and there was no surge," he said of the conditions.
"We did everything we could: CPR, defibrillator, the fire department and paramedics came," Diederich added.

 

[kelemvor]

Very sad.

 

[Shasta_man]

Rescuing your father... ugh.

 

[tracydr]

Yes, that would be hard. I wonder if anybody has ever done statistics comparing heart attacks in cold water shore diving vs warm water boat diving. The cold water shore diving can be very strenuous. Not for the weak hearted.