It was the second death of a diver in the cove in as many months.
Last Sunday, 44-year-old Jared Schreck joined a group of scuba divers at La Jolla Cove, but he didn’t make it back to the beach alive.
According to the medical examiner’s report, the divers surfaced without any signs of distress, but moments, later the group of divers noticed Schreck disappeared.What happened to Schreck is a rare occurrence at La Jolla Cove, wheredivers from all around the world come to explore its beauty and wonder.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
“Jacques Cousteau called the Southern California coast one of the most beautiful places in the world to dive,” diving instructor Julian Halton told NBC 7 on Wednesday, adding later, “we have a wonderful kelp forest, and we have seal ions and we have very diverse marine life.”id. Halton was out in the ocean Sunday giving a diving tour when a lifeguard notified him of the search. Schreck was later found submerged without his regulator in place.
“Life is beautiful, and life can also be tragic," Halton said."The reality is that anything that can happen on the surface can happen underwater at any time."
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