{"id":332372,"date":"2026-07-07T22:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332372\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T22:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:08:31","slug":"swimmer-found-safe-after-missing-for-14-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332372\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimmer found safe after missing for 14 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The swimmer was reported missing off St. Pete Beach the evening of July 3.<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 A swimmer reported missing off St. Pete Beach has been found safe nearly 14 hours after crews began searching.<\/p>\n<p>The male swimmer was reported missing on the evening of July 3.<\/p>\n<p>Crews responded to the scene after a caller reported not being able to find the swimmer, who had gone for a swim in the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>The search began just after 9 p.m. Marine and dive crews searched the water while deputies searched the surrounding area and local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>After weather conditions forced a suspension of the search, crews are back on scene Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission assisted the Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office in the search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The swimmer was reported missing off St. Pete Beach the evening of July 3. ST. PETE BEACH, Fla.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-332372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}