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BOSTON (AP) – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing scuba diver.

Timothy Ericcson was reported missing at about 3 p.m. Saturday about a quarter mile off the coast of Scituate. He was diving for lobster.

The Coast Guard says he had three spotters in a 28-foot vessel track his bubbles.

When bubbles were no longer visible, they called for help. The diver was at a depth of about 20-feet.

The Coast Guard searched an area over 50 square miles before suspending the search just after 8 p.m. Sunday.

The Coast Guard was helped in the search by the State Police dive team, Scituate Harbormaster, Scituate Fire Department divers, Marshfield Harbormaster, and Massachusetts Environmental Police.

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