NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says skipper Rob Nettleton took a normal party of sightseers out on his private boat OFFSHORE 1 on Saturday.
"The trip was arranged to accommodate local Backpacker sightseeing tour operator 29 year old Mathieu Dasnois, from Cape Town and living in Port St Johns for the past year, who had clients to accompany the normal sightseeing trip," he said..
"Having recently purchased new dive equipment Mathieu, an avid and well known spear fisherman, had asked skipper Rob Nettleton if while out on the water he could take a quick dip to test his new equipment," Lambinon said.
"Following a perfect day of sightseeing on the water and now in shallower waters (about 4 meter depth), at Sugarloaf Rock, Rob agreed that Mathieu could take a quick dip in the water, at about 13h30, to test his new dive equipment and once in the water Rob moved the away, to about 20 meters."
