Diver dies off Albany
Man dies free-diving off Albany coast
POLICE have recovered the body of Thomas Nicholson, a 30 year old Albany man who died while free-diving off the coast of Bald Head on Sunday morning.
The man was diving without SCUBA equipment with a group of mates when he failed to resurface just before 10am on Sunday about 8km south of Albany.
Late Sunday afternoon police divers recovered the man's body 20m below the surface and 50m off the coast of Bald Head.
Albany Search and Rescue and Police divers from Perth spent the day trying to recover the man's body.
Senior Sergeant Peter McLean stressed the man had not been the victim of a shark attack and probably died from a lack of oxygen.
“There is definitely no shark involved I can tell you that, maybe he went a bit deep and he ran out of air," Snr Sgt McLean said.
The man is believed to have become separated from his friends during the dive.
Snr Sgt McLean said police will be interviewing the man’s two friends to try and find out what exactly happened.
Tony Halliday
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Dam sad and our sympathies
Dam sad and our sympathies to his family.
Shallow water Black out being blamed for it at the moment in news reports.
Alwasy the biggest danger to divers coming back up from a long deep free dive,
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Lucky Tim
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sad to hear, they seem to be
sad to hear, they seem to be getting more common these days, or maybe we're just hearing about it more.
Always in the back of your mind when you're down there though.