Coast Guard medevacs man near John’s Pass, Florida
TAMPA, Fla. – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 55-year-old male from a 41-foot commercial dive boat about 60-miles west of John’s Pass, Fla., at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday.
Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing Diver
MIAMI – The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary, along with local and state agencies, continue to search for a missing 51-year-old diver near Jupiter Beach, Fla.
Eve Schwartz was reported missing to the Coast Guard around 9:45 p.m. Friday by the crew of the Blue Tang, a commercial dive boat, which she was diving from at the time of her disappearance. Schwartz was reported missing after she...
LA Coast Guard responds to sinking dive vessel with 35 people on board
LOS ANGELES — Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles received a report that the 70-foot commercial dive vessel Vision was taking on water seven miles north of San Nicolas Island, Calif.
The vessel’s crew reported that they lost their rudder and were sinking. The crew was able to apply a temporary patch to slow the flooding, and the Coast Guard requested all 35 people (28 passengers and seven crew...
Air Station Los Angeles Weekend Includes Alaskan Rescue
LOS ANGELES – Aircrews from the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Los Angeles were busy this past weekend responding to medical evacuations ranging from scuba diving incidents in Southern California to medical injuries off the coast of Alaska.
On the morning of July 26th Air Station Los Angeles responded to a call from the diving vessel Bottom Scratcher with a report of a 69 year old male with labored...
Coast Guard crews medevac diver
SAN DIEGO – The crew of a Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter medevaced a man from a diving charter today off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif.
The diver, a 60-year-old man, was diving off the anchored diving charter Visions two miles off San Clemente Island when he was brought to the surface after experiencing complications underwater. The vessel notified the Coast Guard...
