{"id":522495,"date":"2026-03-06T12:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522495\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:48:20","slug":"surf-lifesaver-missing-off-buddina-beach-on-sunshine-coast-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522495\/","title":{"rendered":"Surf lifesaver missing off Buddina Beach on Sunshine Coast found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">An 18-year-old surf lifesaver who disappeared before a training session at a Sunshine Coast beach on Wednesday has been found dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLQ) said the man came off his board in the water at Buddina Beach at about 4:15pm, prompting a multi-day search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">On Friday night police said in a statement that the man was found dead at about 6pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">SLQ chief operating officer Greg Cahill said the man&#8217;s death had impacted the surf lifesaving community across the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a heartbreaking loss for our clubs on the Sunshine Coast and for surf lifesavers right across Queensland,&#8221;  he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;On behalf of Surf Life Saving Queensland, I extend our sincere and heartfelt condolences to this young man&#8217;s family and friends during this devastating time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We are committed to ensuring welfare and peer support services are available to our members, volunteers and staff who have been impacted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A helicopter flies over the ocean while people watch from a beach.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/66fe5c4640289a58b8d5a86d0ff738ee.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\">Jetskis, dinghies and police divers were involved in the search for the 18-year-old. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Josh Dye)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The search effort involved jetskis, dinghies, police divers, the LifeFlight rescue helicopter, Polair and the coastguard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Challenging surf conditions along the coastline from Buddina Beach to Point Cartwright complicated the search operation and reduced visibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A report will be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 18-year-old surf lifesaver who disappeared before a training session at a Sunshine Coast beach on Wednesday has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,260491,260489,260490,44,4106],"class_list":["post-522495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-body-found-sunshine-coast","tag-buddina-beach-search","tag-missing-swimmer-queensland","tag-news","tag-queensland-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522495","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=522495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}