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Vacationing scuba diver dies underwater off The Breakers July 11, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , trackback

A report in the Palm Beach Post states that a 59 year old man who was vacationing in Palm Beach County with his wife and two daughters, died during a dive near what is called ‘the Breakers’. Hyo H Copinga was in a group of 10 divers, including his two daughters, and was on the second dive of the day. At the end of the dive, the dive master did a headcount and Mr Copinga was missing.

After notifying the coastguard a search was conducted and Mr Copinga was found nearly 2 1/2 hours later by another boat, the Narcosis.

At the moment the suspected cause of the accident is either equipment malfunction or lightening, as rain and lightening were reported in the area at the time of the dive.