Haunting final post shared by an experienced diver before he vanished during a spearfishing expedition with friends
- Didrik Hurum disappeared while free diving with friends on Wednesday morning
- Hurum, 25, was spearfishing near Flat Rock off coast of North Stradbroke Island
- Authorities have since been scouring the coastline to find the Norwegian man
- He shared a video of the sunrise over the ocean just hours before he vanished
An experienced free diver shared a video of the sun rising over the ocean just hours before he vanished while spearfishing with friends off the coast of Queensland.
Norwegian man Didrik Hurum had been in the water with friends near popular diving site Flat Rock, 6km off North Stradbroke Island, when he suddenly vanished at around 11.15am on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old diver and fisherman was one of four men that were freediving that day.
Mr Hurum had been about 40 metres deep when his diving partner lost sight of him as he failed to resurface, Seven News reported.
Norwegian man Didrik Hurum had been in the water with friends near popular diving site Flat Rock, 6km off North Stradbroke Island, when he suddenly vanished at around 11.15am on Wednesday
In the hours before he disappeared, Mr Hurum had shared a video to Instagram of the sun rising over the ocean
Water police, police divers, a rescue helicopter and crews from Marine Search and Rescue have been scouring the waters since his disappearance with teams continuing to search the coastline on Thursday.
It’s understood Mr Hurum’s friends had called for help after it dawned on them the 25-year-old hadn’t come up for air.
They immediately dove back into the water in the hopes of finding him themselves.
Local lifesavers also scoured the area on jet skis.
Queensland Water Police Senior-Sergeant Mitch Gray said there’s two possible reasons Mr Hurum became separated from his diving group.
‘One is that he released his weight belt while underwater and became disorientated, separating him from his partner. The second is that he may have had a shallow water blackout,’ he said.
Water police, police divers and crews from Marine Search and Rescue have been scouring the waters since his disappearance with teams continuing to search the coastline on Thursday
‘We are throwing everything at it to bring this young boy back to his family, it must be so concerning for them back home in Norway while he is missing.’
A shallow water blackout is a loss of consciousness which occurs when oxygen is unable to get to the brain.
Mr Hurum is a marine science student at Griffith University and currently lives on the Gold Coast.
He had earlier served in the Norwegian Armed Forces and regularly posts videos and photos of himself free diving and fishing.
Life savers on jet skis also scoured the area after it was reported Mr Hurum was missing