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Search resumes for missing Cork diver

The Valentia Coast Guard told TheJournal.ie that the search got underway at 7.30am.

Image: Fergus O'Neill

A SEARCH HAS resumed for a missing diver who failed to surface yesterday evening off the west coast of Cork.

The Valentia Coast Guard, who is co-ordinating the search and rescue operation, said the teams deployed on first light at about 7.30am.

The man was reported missing off Baltimore yesterday evening after failing to return from a dive at the site of an old ship wreck.

Naval vessel LE Ciara, the Baltimore Lifeboat and Rescue 115 Helicopter are all on scene this morning.

It is understood that the three divers are from Germany.

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