{"id":355248,"date":"2026-06-10T21:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/355248\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:13:19","slug":"girl-swept-away-and-still-missing-off-the-southern-california-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/355248\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl swept away and still missing off the Southern California coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mother and two children got caught <\/a>in powerful ocean swells off the Southern California coast before witnesses jumped into the water to save two of the swimmers on Tuesday night \u2014 with one child still missing, officials said. <\/p>\n

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Witnesses called 911 at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday reporting \u201cmultiple swimmers in distress\u201d near Treasure Island Beach, according to statement from Laguna Beach Marine Safety on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The \u201cmother and her two children were swept into the ocean by powerful water conditions while near the shoreline\u201d before \u201cbystanders immediately entered the water and successfully rescued the mother and one child,\u201d the agency added.<\/p>\n

But as of early Wednesday afternoon, that one swimmer was still missing.<\/p>\n

\u201cTragically, an adolescent female remains missing,\u201d the agency said. \u201cTwo bystanders who assisted in the rescue effort were evaluated at the scene and transported by the Laguna Beach Fire Department in stable condition.\u201d <\/p>\n

Rescuers on Wednesday were fanning out beyond the original search point near Treasure Island Beach, officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarine Safety is expanding the search area beyond the victim\u2019s last known location,\u201d according to Laguna Beach Marine Safety. <\/p>\n

\u201cMembers of the public may notice fewer personnel concentrated directly at Treasure Island Beach. This does not indicate a reduction in search efforts. Rather, it reflects a standard search pattern strategy in which resources are redistributed across a broader geographic area based on prevailing ocean conditions, currents, wave action, and drift modeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Laguna Beach Marine Safety Department, rescuers from the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department Harbor Patrol and the United States Coast Guard were still looking for the missing swimmer on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

South facing beaches, such as Laguna Beach, are now facing swells up to 9 feet tall.<\/p>\n

\u201cHighest surf will be at south-facing beaches and peak through today,\u201d according to a National Weather Service<\/a> statement on Wednesday. \u201cSwell and surf will slowly subside beginning Thursday with a shorter period, but will remain elevated into Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mother and two children got caught in powerful ocean swells off the Southern California coast before witnesses…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-355248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}