Coastguard Mana

• • Three missing divers at Kapiti

    • 9 Apr 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 30/03/2013 - 12:25 - 16:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  28 Three divers went missing from a group of five during a dive near the south end of Kapiti Island. The dive boat they were with lost track of their bubbles, and they weren't towing a marker buoy, after they were swept away from the dive area via strong currents. They surfaced together later and were swept further away from the area and the boat. Coastguard Mana was dispatched to assist in the search alongside Coastguard Kapiti and Westpac Rescue helicopter. Resources Attendees:  Carolyn Jameson Chris Darch Lorna_Rolston Mark Presling Peter Feely Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
    • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news 140 months ago
    • Tagged as:
    • porirua
    • kapiti

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• porirua - Hand tagged by autotagger
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• places - Ancestor of tag porirua
• places - Ancestor of tag kapiti
• boating - Publisher tag
• sport - Ancestor of publisher tag boating
• emergencyservices - Publisher tag
• kapiti - Publisher tag
• places - Ancestor of publisher tag kapiti

• -40.88886, 174.864235 - Resources own geo tag
• Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand - Porirua tag geocode

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