T ROUBLE ON THE SPIEGEL GROVE June 28, 2007 was quite day; it was one of those very challenging days. Our afternoon trip was to the Spiegel Grove, a wreck at about 130 ft of water. All local diver operators canceled the morning trips because the current was RIPPING, but we went in the afternoon. I was mating so I stayed on the boat. We had 4 divers come up and I had to swim out with a line to rescue them. Then 2 more divers came up ok. Then our last two didn't come up. Stress increased dramatically; we knew we had a problem at hand. I suited up for a search and recovery, meaning recovery of bodies. We checked down current first and no sight of them. Went back and jumped in with a buddy. Private dive boat moored up next to us sent down two tech divers on double tanks to search. Other boats in the area were notified to search. Coast Guard was notified according to proper protocol. Despite ripping current buddy went down with out using the down line so I had to follow. The c...
Documenting my experience as a PADI scuba diving instructor and traveler.