Coast Guard responds to dive accident off New Jersey coast

MANASQUAN INET, N.J. — The Coast Guard responded to a dive accident approximately 3 miles off the coast here Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet received a radio hail via VHF-FM channel 16 at approximately 8:40 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the commercial dive vessel Sea Lion reporting a dive accident. The crewmember stated a diver exited the water experiencing shallow breathing...

Coast Guard responds to dive accident off NJ coast

MANASQUAN INET, N.J. — The Coast Guard responded to a dive accident approximately 20 miles off the New Jersey coast here Sunday. Coast Guard watchstanders at Station Manasquan Inlet received a radio hail via VHF-FM channel 16 at 10 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the commercial dive vessel Gypsy Blood reporting a dive accident. The crewmember stated a man was unresponsive after a dive and was in need...

Coast Guard responds to dive accident off North Carolina

FORT MACON, N.C. – A Coast Guard boatcrew responded to a dive accident involving a 60-year-old man approximately 29 miles southeast of Beaufort Inlet, N.C. Tuesday. A crewman aboard the dive boat Olympus contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina via VHF-FM channel 16 at 9:39 a.m., reporting that a diver was recovered from the bottom of a 120-foot dive unresponsive and not breathing. An Olympus...

Coast Guard airlifts man involved in dive accident

FORT MACON, N.C. – Coast Guard rescue helicopter and boat crews medevaced a 56-year-old man after a dive accident approximately 30 miles south of Beaufort Inlet, N.C. Saturday. A crewman aboard the dive boat Midnight Express called Coast Guard Sector North Carolina at 10:45 a.m., reporting that a diver had completed a 110-foot dive and upon resurfacing complained of shortness of breath and other...