Even as hope endures in the search for Angelo, harsh marine conditions including heavy sargassum are making the search increasingly difficult.

Veteran diver and marine safety advocate Alvin Douglas, Director of Tobago Marine Safety and Security Services, described the unforgiving waters and the strain they are placing on the ongoing search.

“In my years of doing this, I think I can safely say that this is one of the worst conditions that we’ve ever met because it’s a combination of the turbidity of the water, it’s a combination of the fact that we don’t have the depth, so it’s not really a dive, per se because it’s at the shoreline and then you have rocks. So once it is that you have rough seas, surge, rocks, stuff in the water it becomes dangerous.”