Update: U.S. Coast Guard units report they've recovered the body the missing diver. An investigation is ongoing.
The Coast Guard is searching for a missing diver about 18 miles west of Sanibel Island.
At 10:50 a.m. Wednesday morning, the call went out from a recreational boat that a 52-year-old male diver never resurfaced. The St. Petersburg Command Center of the U.S. Coast Guard sent out a helicopter crew from Clearwater and a rescue response boat and crew from Fort Myers Beach to search for the missing diver.
The Lee County Sheriff’s office, the Cape Coral Fire Rescue and Estero marine dive team are also searching.
Updates can be found on the regional Coast Guard’s Twitter feed.
