4 September – 10.30 am – Marine Rescue NSW volunteers continue search for missing diver
Two Marine Rescue NSW vessels with volunteer crews resumed the multi-agency search this morning for a diver last seen at Skeleton Rocks yesterday.
Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Courtney Greenslade said crews from Marine Rescue Forster Tuncurry and Port Stephens are assisting the search at the request of NSW Police Marine Area Command for a second consecutive day.
“Forster 30 and Port Stephens 31 are conducting a parallel line search in a designated offshore area between Mungo Brush and Yacaaba Head.
“Forster 30 departed base at 6:45am today and joined Port Stephens 31 in the search area before 8am.
“Offshore conditions are favourable with good visibility.
“Our crews will continue working alongside Water Police vessels until instructed otherwise by Marine Area Command,” Inspector Greenslade said.
Marine Rescue NSW is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit professional organisation dedicated to keeping boaters safe on the water and supporting local communities.
3 September – 3.45 pm – Volunteers and vessels from Marine Rescue Port Stephens and Marine Rescue Forster Tuncurry have been deployed to assist in a search for a missing diver near Skeleton Rocks.
Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Glenn Sullivan said radio operators at Marine Rescue Port Stephens received a call from a vessel just after 10:30am on Wednesday, 3 September, reporting that a diver had become separated from their buddy.
“NSW Police Marine Area Command was immediately informed and vessels were tasked from the Marine Rescue Port Stephens and Forster Tuncurry units.
“Volunteer crews were quickly assembled and deployed on board Port Stephens 31 and Forster 30.
“Both vessels will search the area alongside Water Police boats.
“The Marine Rescue NSW vessels will continue searching until instructed otherwise by Marine Area Command.
“Conditions are favourable offshore with a one-metre swell, light winds and good visibility,” Inspector Sullivan said.
Marine Rescue NSW is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit professional organisation dedicated to keeping boaters safe on the water and supporting local communities.
