Hawaiʻi Police Department
Kona Patrol
Lieutenant William Gary Souther
Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 291
Report No. C13033261
Media Release
Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated a coroner’s inquest case in connection with the death of a diver Thursday (December 12), in waters off Kona.
At 7:12 p.m., Fire Department personnel responded to Honokōhau Harbor for a report of an unresponsive man who was diving off the Kona Coast.
A 55-year-old man identified as James Uihlein of Fallbrook, California, had been scuba diving off a commercial dive boat when he became unresponsive. After returning to shore, Fire Department rescue personnel took him to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:27 p.m.
An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.
