{"id":358883,"date":"2026-07-31T14:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/358883\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:41:31","slug":"video-shows-rescue-of-missing-divers-in-florida-keys-after-getting-separated-from-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/358883\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows rescue of missing divers in Florida Keys after getting separated from boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MyFWC\/status\/2082933943091802378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A dramatic video<\/a> shows the moment when rescuers were able to save a group of divers who went missing when they became separated from their boat in rough conditions in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/florida-keys\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida Keys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), officers were notified around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday that divers were missing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/monroe-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monroe County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cbsmiami-missing-divers-2.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"cbsmiami-missing-divers-2.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Three missing scuba divers were rescued after they became separated from their boat in rough conditions in the Florida Keys on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/p>\n<p>Those divers, three adult men, were diving a reef off Duck Key in the Middle Florida Keys when they were separated from their boat in the rough conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The FWC, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/united-states-coast-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States Coast Guard<\/a> Station Marathon and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/united-states-navy\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States Navy<\/a> Search and Rescue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/key-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Key West<\/a>, responded to the area and began a search for the divers.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cbsmiami-missing-divers-1.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"cbsmiami-missing-divers-1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Missing scuba divers were rescued in the Florida Keys on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/p>\n<p>A Navy Search and Rescue helicopter found the divers around 12:12 p.m. floating about 1.74 nautical miles from where they started their dive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every minute matters during a search on the water,&#8221; said Capt. Adam Garrison, Monroe County area supervisor. &#8220;The seamless coordination between FWC, Coast Guard, and Navy Search and Rescue, along with the combined use of our marine and aviation assets, allowed a quick and safe resolution for these divers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The FWC said that marine officers immediately responded to the location and safely brought the men and their gear aboard the FWC boat.<\/p>\n<p>After it was determined that the men were not injured, they were reunited with their dive boat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dramatic video shows the moment when rescuers were able to save a group of divers who went&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[28,2472,2559,123,125,124,5696,7649,126577],"class_list":["post-358883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-florida","tag-florida-keys","tag-key-west","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-monroe-county","tag-united-states-coast-guard","tag-united-states-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358883","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=358883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}