Diver reported missing since yesterday afternoon, last seen south of Big Pine Key lobstering with a partner. He is wearing a wetsuit and has a pink 63 cu ft tank.
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The body of a 73-year-old Palm Harbor man was found Thursday morning in the waters off the Lower Keys after he went missing while diving the day before. Rainer G. Blomberg was last seen by a relative around 4 p.m. Wednesday diving in about 15 feet of water on the ocean side off Bahia Honda Key, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. The key is home to the 524-acre Bahia Honda State Park — which is between mile markers 36 and 37 off U.S. 1.
The sheriff’s office dive team removed Blomberg from the water at about 9:08 a.m., not far from where he was last seen, said Adam Linhardt, the sheriff’s office spokesman.
Blomberg had been diving from a 24-foot recreational center console boat. Linhardt said foul play is not expected to be a factor in the incident and that autopsy results are pending. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard also took part in the search.
Obesity is a major issue in US divers period, not just in SFL. An unfortunate reflection of the general population.Age is not necessarily a major factor.... So many divers in my neck in the woods are accidents waiting to happen. Obesity seems to be a major trait in many S. Florida divers. The heart can only take so much.
I suggest that any and all diving hunters are solo divers. Yeah, he went in with another diver who was able to report his loss, but they both had bug vision and weren't watching out for each other.That being said, so many of these types of accidents are solo divers.
For a fact, in both cases I would agree.I suggest that any and all diving hunters are solo divers. Yeah, he went in with another diver who was able to report his loss, but they both had bug vision and weren't watching out for each other.
I might suggest that most divers with cameras are as well.