COASTGUARDS WADE IN TO RESCUE SURFER
A teenage
surfer was rescued from the water at Saltburn-by-the-Sea this afternoon after
Skinningrove Coastguard Rescue Team donned water rescue equipment and recovered
her to the shore.
The
coastguard rescue team were in the area after responding to another incident on
the cliffs nearby when they were made aware of a female that had got into
difficulty and was unable to make it back to the beach at Saltburn-by-the-Sea. At the same time, several 999 calls were made
to the operations room at Humber Coastguard to report the incident, including
from the concerned father of the 17-year-old girl. Humber Coastguard requested the launch of the
Redcar RNLI lifeboat to assist.
Meanwhile, Skinningrove Coastguard donned water rescue equipment and
waded into the breakers with a spare lifejacket to recover the surfer. The teenage surfer was brought ashore
exhausted and reunited with her family.
Drew Mahood,
Watch Manager, Humber Coastguard said:
“The father
of the teenage surfer did absolutely the right thing by dialling 999 and
raising the alarm when his daughter got into difficulty. The choppy seas and large swell meant it was
only safe for the trained coastguard rescue team to enter the water with
specialist equipment to recover the girl, and luckily they were able to bring
her safely ashore within ten minutes of the original call.”