Man drowns in diving mishap

A man has drowned while diving in southern Tasmania.

The 38-year-old man from Brighton was diving near Sloping Island, near the northwest point of the Tasman Peninsula. Police were called around midday and told the man had stopped breathing. The deceased male was participating in hooker diving at the time of the incident, involving a compressor on the surface and a hose. The man was the third to die in Tasmanian waters this month. A 25-year-old man died after being swept away by a rip in Ansons Bay, north of St Helens. A 50-year-old Claremont man was swept off rocks at Cosy Corner, Binalong Bay, north of St Helens. His body has not been found.
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