A search for a missing diver turned tragic after search crews found his body offshore.
The 26-year-old man was reported missing around 5:15 a.m. Sunday morning.
According to Big Island Fire officials the man was last seen diving in Kapoho Bay near Champagne Pond.
Fire crews and the diver’s family searched the area and eventually found his body at the bottom of the ocean in about ten-feet of water, approximately 150 yards offshore.
The official cause of death is still pending.
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