(Dive Travel Business News - July 22, 2010) -- DEMA News Release -- The diving industry today is mourning the loss of photographer and explorer Wes Skiles. Wes passed away suddenly on July 21, 2010.
Diverwire.com reports that The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confirmed that a 52-year-old High Springs man was pronounced dead after he was found motionless at the bottom of a reef Wednesday afternoon. The agency could not immediately provide the name of the man, citing confirmation that the man's family had been contacted.
The man had been diving with three others about three miles off the Boynton Beach Inlet, said Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Teri Barbera. The diver had been filming locally for National Geographic, she said.
The man apparently alerted the other divers that he was ascending because he was out of film, Barbera said. The others continued in the water but later decided to ascend. read more »
