GULF OF MEXICO & CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla - Saturday evening the Coast Guard and other search crews called off the search for the missing diver. The search resumed Sunday morning. The U.S. Coast Guard has told WINK News the missing diver is a man. The man's next of kin has been notified, but his name has still not been released.

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GULF OF MEXICO & CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing diver off little Gasparilla Pass.

The U.S. Coast Guard is telling WINK News a diver is missing about four miles out to sea. The boat the diver was with left the area to check another diver. When the boat the returned the diver was missing. WINKNews.com was the first to tell you how the diver went missing.

The diver was last seen in the 11:00am hour. Currently rescue crews from a number of agencies, along with U.S. Coast Guard crews are trying to find the missing diver. The diver is a 67-year old but the person's name has not been released.

Late Saturday morning, the captain of a 27-foot vessel from Legacy Dive Charters of Southwest Florida called the Fort Myers Beach Coast Guard Station reporting that one of the six divers aboard was missing.

Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach and Station Cortez, Fla., an HH60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., marine units from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Lee County Sheriff's Officer, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, Boca Grande Fire and Rescue and Captiva Island Fire and Rescue are searching the area for the missing diver.

Weather conditions for the area are 2-3-foot seas, 5-10 knot winds and 10-mile visibility.