Unresponsive diver taken to Catalina chamber - San Pedro, California

[DandyDon]

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Unresponsive diver pulled from ocean near San Pedro

SAN PEDRO >> A diver remains unresponsive inside a hyperbaric chamber at the Isthmus of Santa Catalina Island, after being pulled from the Pacific Ocean in San Pedro Saturday by a fellow diver.

The U.S. Coast Guard was notified of the rescue about 6.5. miles south of the Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., at 10:22 a.m., said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Mark Barney.

The driver was with another diver when he became unresponsive while underwater. He was eventually pulled out of the water and put aboard a 45-foot Coast Guard boat and taken to a hyperbaric chamber at the Isthmus of Santa Catalina Island, where he remains unresponsive, Barney said.





A Los Angeles Fire Department land and sea response was sent to the location to assist county lifeguards and the Coast Guard, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

 

[Dizzi Lizzi]

Oh dear, we just returned from White Point in San Pedro where we were taking the county's 3 R's program. Conditions were nice where we were. Wishing the best to him, and support for the people that helped him.

 

[Kevrumbo]

Olympic Wreck? Or UB-88 Submarine?

 

[MaxBottomtime]

The coordinates the Sundiver II gave to the Coast Guard were from the area of the UB88. I'm surmising they would take the victim to the chamber in the unlikely event that he/she could be revived. The diver would then need hyperbaric treatment that may not be available at a hospital on the mainland. By the time the Coast Guard arrived onsite the victim had been receiving chest compressions for about thirty minutes.

 

[Jared0425]

How deep is the sub? Isn't the Olympic wreck just shy of 100'?

 

[MaxBottomtime]

182-190'

 

[wgw04024]

Wishing him the best. It's nice to once in a while see that the diver had been noticed by their buddy that they were in trouble.

 

[DandyDon]

She didn't make it: Diver rescued from ocean near San Pedro dies

 

[Jack Hammer]

Sad news

 

[diverrex]

Has the diver been publicly identified yet?

Local or out of town diver?