A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted one person in the water at 7:10 p.m. while searching the area.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Daily recovered the unresponsive person and transported him to Coast Guard Station Grand Isle where a coroner pronounced the man deceased.
Search efforts continue for the remaining 11 crew members from the Seacor Power.
Divers returned to the scene on Friday at 7:50 a.m. to conduct an assessment and began dive operations. Divers had to resurface mid-morning due to dangerous weather conditions, but resumed diving around 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
