{"id":990716,"date":"2026-05-28T19:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/990716\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:08:34","slug":"major-edinburgh-search-ongoing-for-two-girls-in-water-at-portobello-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/990716\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Edinburgh search ongoing for ‘two girls in water’ at Portobello beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Coastguard were alerted to two girls in difficulty in the water at Portobello.<\/p>\n

19:24, 28 May 2026Updated 19:32, 28 May 2026<\/p>\n

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Ambulance paramedics are currently at the scene.<\/p>\n

An emergency search and rescue operation is underway as two HM Coastguard choppers scour the sea for two girls who were reportedly in difficulty off the coast of Portobello<\/a> beach.<\/p>\n

The alarm was raised at around 4.55pm on Thursday, May 28. Emergency services, including Police Scotland<\/a> and the Scottish Ambulance Service, are in attendance.<\/p>\n

It is understood Coastguard rescue teams from South Queensferry, North Berwick and Fisherrow are involved in the operation. RNLI lifeboats have also been sent from Queensferry and Anstruther.<\/p>\n

A local has reported seeing a helicopter circling above the water at Portobello for a number of hours. An image sent to Edinburgh Live shows paramedics parked on the promenade.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the HM Coastguard said: “HM Coastguard is coordinating the response to a report made at about 4.55pm on May 28 of two girls in difficulty in the water off Portobello beach.<\/p>\n

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“Two HM Coastguard helicopters have been sent as well as Coastguard Rescue Teams from South Queensferry, North Berwick and Fisherrow, and RNLI lifeboats from Queensferry and Anstruther.<\/p>\n

“Police Scotland is attending.”<\/p>\n

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAround 5.45pm on Thursday, 28 May, 2026, officers received a report of concern for two people having entered the water at Portobello beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmergency services are in attendance. Officers are speaking to the reporter to get more information.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Coastguard were alerted to two girls in difficulty in the water at Portobello. 19:24, 28 May 2026Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":990717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,530,117929,139,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-990716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edinburgh","tag-britain","tag-edinburgh","tag-great-britain","tag-police-scotland","tag-portobello","tag-rnli","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116653779376706643","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/990717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}