At 1205 on Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August, 2011, Guernsey & Jersey Coastguard received a call from “Le Viathan” a Jersey R.I.B. diving approximately 5nm SE of Guernsey, that one of the divers was overdue.
Channel Islands Airsearch, St Peter Port lifeboat, Brecqhou helicopter, and private craft started searching for the missing diver.
The Diver was found at 1231 on the surface by a passing yacht called “Magical” alive and well, approximately 1.5nm west of the dive start position. Le Viathan recovered the missing diver from the Yt Magical and returned back to Jersey.