I lost a friend and Long Beach Neptune last night at Santa Barbara Island bug diving a spot with small caves and crevices. He name was Rick Hadley and one one of the most experienced divers I know. One of the nicest guys you would ever meet. Father, watermen, and warmhearted. I am gutted.:(....he was diving with close friends.
They were freediving a small area with with some caves in it. They all came back except Rick. By 1030 they were all back in the water working grid patterns looking for him. By midnight they called the coast guard. Sometime mid day today they found his body (spotted from a helicopter i think) underwater at the mouth of a cave.
Sincerely, Don