{"id":12547,"date":"2025-01-29T17:48:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T04:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12547"},"modified":"2025-01-29T17:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T04:48:57","slug":"search-finds-no-sign-of-swimmer-missing-at-piha-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12547","title":{"rendered":"Search finds no sign of swimmer missing at Piha Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surf Life Saving New Zealand says a swimmer who went\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/540178\/person-missing-in-water-at-piha-beach\">missing after getting into trouble at Piha Beach on Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0is yet to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called just after 4pm to rescue a group of swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>Surf Live Saving said six swimmers were brought back into shore but a seventh has gone missing.<\/p>\n<p>They understood the missing man cannot swim.<\/p>\n<p>Coastguard air patrols have been assisting police and surf lifesaving crews in their search.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--IDPZkQf1--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1738122113\/4NRTC00_Auckland_Coastguard_Air_Patrol_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A Coastguard NZ aircraft\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">File pic\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Supplied \/ Coastguard NZ<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Surf Live Saving spokesperson said the conditions on Tuesday were choppy, with a 2.5 metre swell, gusting north easterlies, and a low tide at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The group had been swimming in a flagged area at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Surf lifeguards responded promptly, paddling out to the group and rescuing four people with a rescue board,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the meantime, two surf lifeguards launched the [inflatable rescue boat] and rescued two further people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three inflatable rescue boats and a further three rescue jetskis were deployed to search for the missing swimmer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team at Surf Life Saving New Zealand extends our aroha to the wh\u0101nau and friends of the missing person. We are providing support to the surf lifeguards involved,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--EHLscDzL--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1643363101\/4OEYDJM_image_crop_32332?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"Piha beach and lagoon\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" \/><br \/>\n~RNZ<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf Life Saving New Zealand says a swimmer who went\u00a0missing after getting into trouble at Piha Beach on Tuesday\u00a0is yet to be found. Emergency services were called just after 4pm to rescue a group of swimmers. Surf Live Saving said six swimmers were brought back into shore but a seventh has gone missing. 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