{"id":308589,"date":"2026-05-26T01:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/308589\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T01:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:41:36","slug":"missing-swimmer-near-surfside-beach-search-for-10-year-old-joshua-lahai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/308589\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing swimmer near Surfside Beach: Search for 10-year-old Joshua Lahai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static-media.fox.com\/fmcv3\/prod\/fts\/bi0a64vegz56nsl8\/q217jsvxcok4jpqf.jpg\" alt=\"Search for missing 10-year-old boy at Surfside Beach\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas &#8211; The search continues for a missing 10-year-old boy who was reportedly swept away by a large wave at Surfside Beach on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Multiple agencies are helping in the search for Joshua Lahai.<\/p>\n<p> 10-year-old missing near Surfside Beach  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/705628101_836994296133404_5970670260583019030_n.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Surfside Beach Police Department Chief Philip Hester says a youth football team from Richmond was hanging out at the beach near Ocean Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to Texas EquuSearch, Lahai and another child were swimming about 150 yards offshore when a large wave hit. One child made it back to shore, but Lahai did not resurface.<\/p>\n<p> Several agencies join in search <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Surfside Beach police contacted the U.S. Coast Guard for assistance. The Coast Guard reportedly got help from Air Station Houston and Air Station Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Texas Equusearch is also helping with the search and says efforts will continue to bring the child home to his family. The Brazoria County Sheriff&#8217;s Office also responded to help.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">They are using drones with thermal signals, ATV&#8217;s, a helicopter, and more.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">On Monday afternoon, officials said they believe they found clothing the boy was wearing, but he still hasn&#8217;t been found.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/joshua-lahai.jpeg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Photo: Joshua Lahai (Credit: Texas Equusearch) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with information about the missing 10-year-old is asked to call Surfside Beach Police Department at (979) 864-2392 or Texas EquuSearch at (281) 309-9500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from this story was gathered from Surfside Police Department Chief Philip Hester, the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas Equusearch.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\/missing-persons\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missing Persons<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/brazoria-county\/surfside-beach\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Surfside Beach<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/brazoria-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brazoria County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas &#8211; The search continues for a missing 10-year-old boy who was reportedly swept away by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13358,1046,56,58,57,2474,223,47594,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-308589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-brazoria-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-missing-persons","tag-news","tag-surfside-beach","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}