TASMANIA, Australia (31 Dec 2007) — A man drowned while diving near Sloping Island in southern Tasmania. Officials told CDNN the 38-year-old diver, as yet unidentified, was diving with hookah equipment off the northwest side of the Tasman Peninsula. According to unconfirmed reports, the victim may have become entangled in kelp. Diver who use hookah equipment breath air through a long hose from a compressor located on the surface, often in a boat. The diving accident victim was the third person to die this month in Tasmanian waters © CDNN - CYBER DIVER NEWS NETWORK | 
