HOMOSASSA, Fla. — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 35-year-old male snorkeler in the Homosassa River, in Homosassa.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, Fla., received a report at about 12 p.m. Sunday from a 20-foot pontoon boat that a snorkeler had gone missing while diving for scallops in the vicinity of Marker 10 in the Homosassa River.
Crewmembers aboard the boat reported that he had gone down in approximately 5-feet of water and did not resurface after being underwater for 10-15 minutes.
The man’s name is being withheld due to next-of-kin notifications.
Searching are:
- A Coast Guard Station Yankeetown 25-foot response boat crew
- A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter rescue crew
- A Coast Guard Auxiliary boat crew
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission members
- Multiple Citrus County Sheriffs Office dive teams
