Six Americans set out on the adventure of a lifetime: hunting for diamonds in the shark-infested waters of South Africa.The team quickly discovers that the diamond trade in Africa is a brutal business full of pirates, poachers.
After Marty suffers a near-death experience when his oxygen tank explodes at a depth of 90 feet, tensions between members of the American crew boil over. Marty, Sam, and Jason get into a bar brawl.
A knife-fight leaves the team's future in question when a shocking mutiny shakes up the American crew and Captain John faces off with his South African mining boss.
Marty and Jason are forced into the pitch-black African wilderness at night, and the biggest storm in decades takes the lives of several sailors on the Skeleton Coast.
After the deadly storm tears their boat apart, the American crew takes a huge risk on a dangerous new boat that could either make them rich, or cost them their lives.