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Body of missing diver recovered off Molokai

The body of a missing free diver has been recovered Sunday morning, according to the Maui Fire Department.

The Coast Guard and Molokai Fire Department searched Papohaku Beach, where 25-year-old Steven Likua was last seen swimming around 3 p.m. The search was suspended around 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Emergency crews, friends of the victim, and volunteers resumed the search at first light Sunday morning and found Likua’s body around 10:30 a.m. near Kaluakoi Beach.

12 responses to “Body of missing diver recovered off Molokai”

  1. mikethenovice says:

    Some people no more da kind common sense of staying out of the waters when it is very windy. Duh! Anybody home?

  2. mikethenovice says:

    there goes another five grand down the tubes for an accident that could have been prevented all together.

  3. mikethenovice says:

    Animals run away from danger. Humans run towards the sign of any dangerous situation, No need to be macho and prove your ignorance to the world.

  4. Cellodad says:

    The other possibility is a spear fisherman not wanting to give up his string to an apex predator. The guys I dove with out of Puako related that one spear fisherman on the Kohala coast had actually tied his string of fish around his waist like a belt. Tigers are not too dainty where lunch is concerned.

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