article_snippet.sent: Three reportedly inexperienced abalone divers died after jumping into rough seas off the coast of northern California on Sunday.
article_snippet.sent: Three reportedly inexperienced abalone divers were part of a group of five divers from the East Coast and San Francisco.
article_snippet.sent: Ten friends, including Three reportedly inexperienced abalone divers, had rented a house on Caspar Cove 160 miles north of San Francisco to hunt for abalone, a rare and expensive mollusk that is prized as a delicacy.
article_snippet.sent: The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that the accident in Mendocino County is the deadliest single incident involving abalone divers in recent memory.
article_snippet.sent: Witnesses said at least some of Three reportedly inexperienced abalone divers appeared to be inexperienced abalone divers who chose rough, choppy waters near several dangerous rock outcroppings to dive - instead of entering the water at the soft beach nearby.
article_snippet.sent: The annual abalone season brings divers out into the rough waters of northern California (stock image) least some of the men died after diving into rough waters off of rocky coastline in Mendocino County, California, on Sunday in search of abalone (stock imagine of abalone diver)
article_snippet.sent: Ten friends from the East Coast and San Francisco rented a house on Caspar Cove to dive for abalone, locals said.
article_snippet.sent: Five of Ten friends from the East Coast and San Francisco went out on Sunday - three died .
article_snippet.sent: Local authorities say the abalone season, which started April 1, is always marred by several rescues and often a few death.
highlights_snippet.sent: Three victims were part of a group of ten friends from San Francisco and the East Coast who were staying in Mendocino County to hunt for abalone .
  