Really shocked me to see this thread--was just talking to a Nanaimo friend last night about coming back up to dive. Nanaimo's Daily News has published this today, byline Danielle Bell:
-Bryan
An American diver is dead after an accident off of Snake Island near Nanaimo on Saturday. The Victoria Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre received a report of a dive accident around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Nanaimo RCMP also attended. Ed Singer, who runs Sundown Diving in Nanaimo, said on Sunday that he was there when the dive accident happened.
"A Seattle man died Saturday in a diving accident near Snake Island. He came up to the surface and he was in a little distress," said Singer. "We still don't know (what happened)." The diver was unconscious shortly after being pulled from the water. Singer said the diver, a man from the Seattle area and believed to be in his 70s, was not new to the sport.
The diver was a part of an unnamed local charter company, diving the HMCS Saskatchewan artificial reef. Singer was chartering a group of 10 divers alongside a separate local charter company that he would not name. The other American divers the man was with have since headed home although they were scheduled to dive on Sunday.
"A Seattle man died Saturday in a diving accident near Snake Island. He came up to the surface and he was in a little distress," said Singer. "We still don't know (what happened)." The diver was unconscious shortly after being pulled from the water. Singer said the diver, a man from the Seattle area and believed to be in his 70s, was not new to the sport.
The diver was a part of an unnamed local charter company, diving the HMCS Saskatchewan artificial reef. Singer was chartering a group of 10 divers alongside a separate local charter company that he would not name. The other American divers the man was with have since headed home although they were scheduled to dive on Sunday.
-Bryan
