{"id":349725,"date":"2026-07-23T11:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349725\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:17:16","slug":"florida-woman-27-rescued-after-falling-into-ocean-near-nakalele-point-maui-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349725\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida woman, 27, rescued after falling into ocean near Nakalele Point : Maui Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   July 22, 2026, 7:41 PM HST  <\/p>\n<p>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC00178.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131609\"\/>Nakalele Blowhole \/ Image: Malika Dudley<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Florida woman was airlifted to safety Wednesday after falling into ocean waters near Nakalele Point in West Maui and losing consciousness, according to the Maui Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Fire and Public Safety said firefighters and Ocean Safety officers responded at 12:42 p.m. to a report of a 27-year-old woman who had fallen about 10 feet from the shoreline into the water and was unable to get out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When crews arrived, the woman was found floating face down in the ocean about 40 yards from shore, the department said. Firefighters aboard Rescue 10, flying in the Air 1 helicopter, pulled the unresponsive woman from the water and flew her to the road, where Engine 11 firefighters joined them to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman regained a pulse and was transferred to Reach 48 air ambulance, which transported her to Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition, the department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ocean and weather conditions at the time included tradewinds around 15 mph and choppy water, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rescue operation concluded at 2:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nakalele Point, known for its blowhole and rugged coastline along the north coast of West Maui, is a popular but hazardous stopping point for visitors due to strong surf and slippery rocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 22, 2026, 7:41 PM HST Nakalele Blowhole \/ Image: Malika Dudley A Florida woman was airlifted to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[143086,28,30,29,143087,143088,143089,143090,143091],"class_list":["post-349725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-air-one","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-maui-fire-department","tag-nakalele-point","tag-ocean-rescue","tag-reach-48","tag-west-maui"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349725","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=349725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}