{"id":321322,"date":"2026-06-26T23:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321322\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:54:09","slug":"diver-found-dead-55-feet-underwater-off-fort-pierce-inlet-sheriffs-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321322\/","title":{"rendered":"Diver found dead 55 feet underwater off Fort Pierce Inlet, sheriff\u2019s office says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A diver who went missing was found dead 55 feet underwater Friday, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stluciesheriff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Coast Guard <\/a>in Fort Pierce received a mayday call at 11:30 a.m. Friday reporting a missing diver. After the call, the Coast Guard notified the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which sent four boats to assist in search efforts.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-crime-news-orbeez-prank-trend-draws-renewed-warnings-after-teens-held-at-gunpoint-in-port-st-lucie-gun-sheriff-deputies-danger-arrests-splatrball-gel-water-ball-gel-blaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orbeez prank trend draws renewed warnings after teens held at gunpoint in Port St. Lucie <\/a><\/p>\n<p>FWC also contacted the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Marine Unit, which had monitored the VHF mayday call and was already aware of the incident and en route to assist, the sheriff\u2019s office said. Civilian boaters who were friends of the missing diver were notified of the emergency and left Fort Pierce Inlet around 1 p.m. to help with the search.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said responding units located the diver\u2019s boat about six to seven miles northeast of the Fort Pierce Inlet, east of Avalon Park.<\/p>\n<p>SLCSO said at 4:10 p.m., civilian divers entered the water and located the missing diver at the bottom of the ocean in about 55 feet of water. The diver was recovered and pronounced dead, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>The diver\u2019s body was taken to Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, where the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Criminal Investigation Division is conducting an investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A diver who went missing was found dead 55 feet underwater Friday, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-321322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}