A diver who was participating in recreational diving went missing in the waters of the Bay of Puck near Jastarnia, near the ORP Ślązak wreck. The search for the man was resumed on Sunday morning. A few hours later he was found dead. The man was a soldier of the Cyberspace Defense Component Command.
A diver who did not surface on Saturday, just before 11 a.m., after diving recreationally with a group of other divers near the wreck of the ORP Ślązak, has died.
The director of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service, Sebastian Kluska, announced the death of the man on platform X.
The Cyberspace Defense Forces expressed their condolences to the diver's family and loved ones. “It is with great sadness that we inform you that the body of our colleague, a soldier of the Cyberspace Defense Component Command, was found today. Following his passion, he disappeared yesterday while diving in the Baltic Sea. The tragic event was unrelated to military service,” it was written on the X platform.
– The search for the missing diver was interrupted around 6:30 p.m. yesterday due to darkness and resumed this morning. They are run by a military component. They take place in a circle 500 meters from the site of the wreck, Kluska informed on Sunday morning.
He added that sonars were also brought to the site for search purposes.
Recreational diving around the wreck
Polish Rescue Radio received a report about a diver's accident at 10.59 am on Saturday (November 9). Sebastian Kluska, director of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service (SAR service), said that recreational diving was taking place around the wreck. – A group of divers descended into the water near the wreck of the ORP Ślązak. The diver from the last pair did not surface, he added.
As Rafał Goeck, spokesman for the Maritime Search and Rescue Service, said, the divers descended to a depth of approximately 27 m in the waters of the Bay of Puck. – At one point, they separated. They were supposed to meet on the surface at the agreed time, but only one diver surfaced – added Rafał Goeck. A search operation began on site and SAR, the Border Guard and the fire brigade were dispatched.
After 6.30 p.m., Kluska announced that “the active part of the search has been completed” and the units involved are returning to their bases. “The search will be resumed tomorrow,” announced the director of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service.
ORP Ślązak lies at the bottom at a depth of approximately 30 meters. The wreck was sunk near the port in Jastarnia.
Main photo source: Maritime Search and Rescue Service