People searching for a missing shark documentary director have appealed for help from "anyone who has access to planes, helicopters, drones or boats".
The post on Facebook adds that they need "anything with night vision capabilities".
Rob Stewart, who directed and narrated Sharkwater, released in 2006, was working on a sequel off the coast of Florida when he disappeared after a deepwater dive to retrieve an anchor.
His parents have said that while Mr Stewart's dive partner collapsed after returning to the boat, Mr Stewart, who had signalled that he was OK after getting back to the surface, later disappeared.
His father, Brian Stewart, said his son was "super fit" and that "if anybody can survive in the water, it is him".
"A bunch of the people in the boat gave their attention to the guy who collapsed and a minute later they turned, and Rob was gone. They haven't seen him since," Mr Stewart added.
The Coast Guard said ships, helicopters, planes, dive teams and sonar equipment were being used in the search.
The US Navy is also involved.
A Coast Guard spokesman, Petty Officer Eric Woodall, said: "We would not still be searching for him if we could not find him alive."
More than £120,000 has been raised to help look for the film-maker.
A GoFundMe page says he was "scuba diving on the queen of nassau wreck, six miles off shore of Islamorada Florida, when he disappeared after surfacing" on Tuesday.
Any money not used in the search will be donated to Fin Free "to help address the global slaughter of sharks" the page says.
Comments include "Keep the faith" and "We're with you Rob. Keep fighting".
Mr Stewart, who is also a writer and conservationist, argued in Sharkwater that the creatures were misunderstood.
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