Hole in the Ocean: Into the Vortex

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

History, Society & Culture, Wilderness, Sports, Documentary

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Two men set out from Florida, ferrying a fishing boat to Cancún. It’s a routine job that should take a single day. But nearly 100 miles off the coast, the waters turn against them. Without warning, a yawning chasm opens in the middle of the ocean. Johnny Savage and his captain are caught in a horrifying drama. The radio is dead. The life raft is nowhere to be seen. And the warm, turquoise waters around them are teeming with predators… A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. Written by Chris McDonald | Produced by Ed Baranski | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Jacob Booth, Matt Peaty | Assembly edit by Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Ralph Tittley. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at support@noiser.com Our sister podcast Short History Of… has a new book! Pre-order your copy of A Short History of Ancient Rome now at noiser.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.4	It's April the 13th, 1998.
0:32.2	90 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida.
0:35.5	The early morning sun hangs low on the horizon,
0:38.3	casting streaks of bruised purple, pink and orange
0:41.3	across the rippling expanse of the Gulf of Mexico.
0:45.3	Overhead, the sky stretches in a vast, unbroken canvas of blue,
0:50.3	disturbed only by the occasional wisp of cloud.
0:55.0	The air is still, barely a breath of wind.
0:58.0	Cutting through this stillness is a lone sport fishing boat, the Eninga.
1:07.0	Captain Eric Bingham stands on the flybridge, squinting towards the horizon, his hands resting
1:12.7	lazily on the wheel. Nearby, 26-year-old mate Johnny Savage, is sprawled on the front bench.
1:21.1	After a late-night fishing session in the marina, he's trying to get some much-needed shot-eye.
1:26.3	But sleep won't come.
1:28.3	He's too full of adrenaline and anticipation.
1:30.3	An exciting trip lies ahead.
1:32.3	Time spent in the glorious outdoors trying to hook a prize sailfish.
1:38.3	But it's not the thrill of a potential catch that jolts him upright.
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