{"id":384827,"date":"2026-01-03T04:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/384827\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T04:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:38:10","slug":"city-lifeguard-rescues-man-from-rip-current-off-waimanalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/384827\/","title":{"rendered":"City lifeguard rescues man from rip current off Waimanalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                        <img width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/web1_20260102_WEB_Waimanalo-beach.jpeg\" class=\"img-fluid h-100 w-100\" alt=\"STAR-ADVERTISER&#10;                                Waimanalo beach on New Year\u0092s Day\" style=\"max-height:600px;object-fit:contain;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>STAR-ADVERTISER<\/p>\n<p>Waimanalo beach on New Year\u2019s Day<\/p>\n<p>A 26-year-old man was in serious condition after being rescued from a rip current at Waimanalo Beach Park this afternoon, according to first responders.<\/p>\n<p>At about 2:23 p.m., the man was roughly 30 yards from shore, struggling to swim in and swallowing water, according to Honolulu Ocean Safety officials. A lifeguard paddled out to him on a rescue board and brought him safely to shore, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Care of the man was transferred to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services paramedics who took him to a hospital in serious condition.<\/p>\n<p>The state <a href=\"https:\/\/dlnr.hawaii.gov\/dar\/marine-managed-areas\/hawaii-marine-life-conservation-districts\/mlcd-safety-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Division of Aquatic Resources advises<\/a> swimmers who get caught in a rip current to remain calm and to not try to swim against the current; instead, swim parallel to shore until out of the rip current.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STAR-ADVERTISER Waimanalo beach on New Year\u2019s Day A 26-year-old man was in serious condition after being rescued from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-384827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}