Coast Guard searching for missing diver 18 miles west of Sanibel Island

MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse (archive).

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —​ The Coast Guard is searching Wednesday for a missing diver 18 miles west of Sanibel Island.

At 10:50 a.m.,​ Coast Guard​ Sector St. Petersburg​ Command Center watchstanders received a report from an 18-foot recreational vessel, stating a 52-year-old male diver never resurfaced.

A​ Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater​ HC-130 Hercules and​ MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew were dispatched along with a 45-foot Response Boat Medium crew from Station Fort Myers Beach.​

Also searching are Lee County Sheriff's Office marine unit, Cape Coral Fire Rescue and Estero marine dive team.

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Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew members from Air Station Clearwater. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo (archive).

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Coast Guard searching for a missing fisherman 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse (archive).

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —​ The Coast Guard is searching​ Sunday for a missing fisherman 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral.

At 2:57 a.m., Coast Guard 7th District Command Center watchstanders received a report from the Day Boat Too, a 46-foot fishing vessel, stating the captain, a 30-year-old male, went overboard.

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew launched and commenced searching after dropping a self-locating datum marker buoy​ (SLDMB)​ when they arrived on scene at 6:30 a.m. An Air Station Elizabeth City Hercules aircrew relieved the Clearwater aircrew at 10:25 a.m., dropped another SLDMB and continued searching.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable is also en route to assist in the search.

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Coast Guard searching for 2 people 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet

HC-144 Ocean Sentry Air Station Miami ©USCG (archive)

A capsized 18-foot suspected migrant smuggling vessel floats in the water 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. The vessel capsized Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 in an apparent migrant smuggling venture from Freeport, Bahamas to Miami. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

MIAMI — The Coast Guard continues to search Tuesday for two missing people 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet.

The two people missing are a Bahamian national, a suspected migrant smuggler, and a 9-year-old Haitian national. They went missing after an 18-foot boat capsized, with 11 people aboard, Sunday in an apparent migrant smuggling venture from Freeport, Bahamas to Miami.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received a notification from a good Samaritan vessel stating they were on scene with nine people in the water from a capsized 18-foot vessel.

Search crews consist of:

• Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered (WPC-1103), homeported in Miami
• Coast Guard Cutter Moray (WPB-87331), homeported in Port Canaveral, Florida
• Coast Guard Cutter Ridley (WPB-87328), homeported in Mayport, Florida
• A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane
• A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules airplane

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