A scuba diver who became stranded 30 miles out at sea captured what he thought would be his final moments on camera.
Back in 2016, Jacob Childs was out with a group of divers off the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia when he found himself alone in the ocean.
At some point during the diving expedition, the 30-year-old 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.
Despite his efforts to keep up with the trawler, it ultimately moved out of sight, and he ended up being left alone out in the deep sea for around six hours.
The 30-year-old realized that in the dark it would be extremely hard for anyone to locate him in the sea, and began to fear the worst. So he pressed record on his camera and filmed what he thought could be his final moments.
Watch Childs' video below:In the harrowing footage, Childs looked into the camera and said: "So that’s it. The sun goes down they won’t do nothing. That’s a wrap on old Jakey."
The driver spoke more about his terrifying plight in an interview with ABC News, sharing: "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]."
"It was then 15 minutes before the last people hopped in... in which time we were fighting the current the whole way," he continued. "Then we started to descend down the line. One person was up the top, so I went to swap hands and I missed the rope...so I surfaced alongside to the boat."
Childs revealed that there was "no tagline out the back" for him to hold on to, and by the time the skipper - the captain of a ship or boat - threw it out, he was "already past it".
As darkness approached, Childs could see rescue teams circling above, but they couldn't find him. Finally, after more than six hours stranded at sea, a plane found him floating in the water and police were able to rescue him, per ABC News.
He told the Express: "It’s a long time to spend by yourself, and it’s a long swim back to shore," adding: "There’s nothing to judge where you are. All the waves look the same and there’s no land to try and gage yourself against."
Once he was rescued, the diver was "relieved" and wanted a cup of tea. He also shared that the experience was "one of those things ... if you've got to do it, you've got to do it."
Furthermore, Childs told ABC News that the potentially deadly incident has not turned him off scuba diving.
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