Diver stranded at sea captures his ‘final moments’

‘That’s a wrap on old Jakey’

A diver captured on film what he thought would be his final moments after he became stranded more than 30 miles out at sea.

Jacob Childs was out with a group of divers off the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia, in 2016 when he found himself alone in the ocean.

The 30-year-old had managed to lose sight of the safety rope he was attached to and when he rose out of the water he could see the boat moving away.

He ended up being left alone out in the deep for six hours.

As the sun started to set, he realised that in the dark it would be extremely difficult for anyone to find him, and he started to genuinely consider whether he would end up dying out at sea.

So, he decided to capture his final moments on film, telling the camera: “So that’s it. The sun goes down they won’t do nothing. That’s a wrap on old Jakey.”

Jacob told ABC News at the time: “We took a while to anchor up … which left us [with] several people in different states of readiness. I was one of the first to hop in [to the water].

By the time a plane eventually spotted him, he had drifted eight miles from where he had initially been diving.

He told the Express: “It’s a long time to spend by yourself, and it’s a long swim back to shore.