News24 | Scuba diving tragedy in Gqeberha: Chinese tourist dies despite rescue efforts

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The NSRI said a tourist died after he surfaced, unconscious, from a scuba dive in Gqeberha.  (@NSRI/X)

The NSRI said a tourist died after he surfaced, unconscious, from a scuba dive in Gqeberha. (@NSRI/X)

A Chinese tourist died in Gqeberha after he surfaced, unconscious, from a scuba dive on Sunday morning.

Attempts to resuscitate the 50-year-old tourist were unsuccessful, said National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Gqeberha spokesperson Justin Erasmus.

Erasmus added that, at 10:45, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew received reports of resuscitation efforts in progress on a man on a dive charter boat.

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