{"id":395441,"date":"2026-01-06T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/395441\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:18:10","slug":"human-remains-found-in-search-for-snorkeller-missing-off-was-ledge-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/395441\/","title":{"rendered":"Human remains found in search for snorkeller missing off WA&#8217;s Ledge Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Human remains believed to be a 32-year-old snorkeller who went missing on New Year&#8217;s Day have washed ashore north of Ledge Point on WA&#8217;s coastline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The man was snorkelling for crayfish in the ocean off Ledge Point Beach, about 100 kilometres north of Perth, in a group of four divers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Authorities said the missing man&#8217;s friends raised the alarm around 3pm on Thursday after he became separated from them, prompting a search from volunteer marine rescue groups, local fisherman and\u00a0water police.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police and police vehicle are seen at Ledge Point Beach in Ledge Point\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/09009b1a9debd9ec22a8d00f73393657.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police scale up the search late last week. (ABC News: Lily Kristanto)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The search was unsuccessful, with resources scaled back on January 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said they were informed the remains had been found on Fence Reef Beach about 7:20am on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Formal identification is yet to be completed but it is believed to be a 32-year-old man who went missing on Thursday 1 January 2026,&#8221; police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">His death is not being treated as suspicious, and a report will be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n<p>Loading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Human remains believed to be a 32-year-old snorkeller who went missing on New Year&#8217;s Day have washed ashore&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,211094,211090,211092,211089,211091,44,86,211093,211095,45,211096],"class_list":["post-395441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-diver-death","tag-ledge-point-divier","tag-ledge-point-search","tag-ledge-point-snorkeller","tag-new-years-day-snorkeller","tag-news","tag-perth-news","tag-snorkeller-death","tag-wa-diver-death","tag-wa-news","tag-wa-snorkeller-death"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}