Lightning Strikes Diver In Water, Deerfield Bch., FL

[ricki]

My sincere regrets go out to the diver's family and friends in the aftermath of this tragic accident.

I was just north of this beach the afternoon before this accident when the storms were coming eastward. They appeared to be normal thermal storms all be it particularly severe in appearance which in past years have been a regular thing most summer afternoons. In the last several years they have been more erratic and even absent at times.


The radar shortly before the diver lightning accident.


The radar around the same time the day before. I was riding just north of the "x." That is until I pulled the plug before the storms came too close to the ocean from inland.

Unlike the afternoon before, winds were not readily rideable yesterday, the day of the diver accident. That is unless someone rigged and went out just before the storm. A good thing as it turns out for more than the lightning.



This gust spike happened very close to the time of the diver accident. Weather effects us all, best to know about it.