SHIMODA, Japan (11 Sep 2004) -- Two scuba divers are missing off Izu Peninsula after being swept out to sea by strong tidal currents on Saturday morning. Yokohama residents Atsushi Okanishi, 28, and Emiko Yamamoto, 31, were boat diving 300 meters southeast of Mikomoto Island with four other divers including a dive instructor when they went missing at about 9:20 am. According to weather information for the area, strong winds and tidal currents produced waves cresting at three meters when the divers disappeared. | | Mikomoto Island, Izu Peninsula, Japan Two Japan Coast Guard vessels, two Coast Guard helicopters along with some 20 fishing and dive boats are searching for the missing divers. © CDNN - CYBER DIVER NEWS NETWORK |
