JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The search for a missing diver off Jacksonville's coast is continuing.
Members of the US Coast Guard are out on the water searching two different zones for 37-year-old Timmy Obi. He went missing early Saturday afternoon, Timmy Obi's brother Ryan Obi told First Coast News.
Ryan Obi said his brother was diving off a boat and probably came back up and couldn’t see the boat.
The Coast Guard is using a cutter boat as well as a C130 for the search. Another C130 is en route from Miami to relieve the one currently in the air.
The Coast Guard is searching the two zones pictured below:
There are more than 10 private vessels that are helping in the search. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Marine Unit and Jacksonville Fire department officers are conducting side-scan sonar scans of the seafloor. Florida Fish and Wildlife officers are searching with three boats and one aircraft.
If anyone is assisting with the search, they are asked to monitor Channel 16 for information.
Boaters are asked to use caution because of the increased number of boats in the area. The US Coast Guard said they will work in shifts during their search.
Below is a list of Coast Guard assets involved in the search:
- MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station Savannah
- HC-130 Hercules airplane aircrew from Air Station Clearwater
- HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane aircrew from Air Station Miami
- A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Mayport
- Coast Guard Cutter Tarpon
- Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans