{"id":630818,"date":"2026-03-04T04:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/630818\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:50:14","slug":"major-search-underway-on-gold-coast-beach-for-missing-tourist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/630818\/","title":{"rendered":"Major search underway on Gold Coast beach for missing tourist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police and emergency services are continuing a major search operation for a swimmer missing on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said emergency services were called about 6:30pm on Tuesday after reports a 20-year-old man, who is believed to be a tourist, was seen struggling in the water off Main Beach.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GC missing swimmer\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/db85f24a6c3592b78d07edd65e648bee.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Drones and a police helicopter are being used in the search for a missing tourist on the Gold Coast. (ABC Gold Coast: Danielle Mahe)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Witnesses attempted to reach the man but were unable to help and lost sight of him in the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Surf Life Saving Queensland&#8217;s Nathan Fife said volunteer lifeguards were also assisting authorities with the search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We&#8217;re just supporting the Gold Coast Water Police and searching to see if we can locate him,&#8221; Mr Fife said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He confirmed the city&#8217;s beaches remained open and urged beachgoers to stay safe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lifesaver in the ocean on a jet ski\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/14e6e44ce609ce156abee9cacb8ed3c4.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">God Coast Surf Lifesavers assist in the search for a tourist missing off Main Beach. (ABC Gold Coast: Danielle Mahe)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We&#8217;re just reminding people to swim between those patrol times and between those red and yellow flags,&#8221; Mr Fife said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police and Surf Lifesavers launched a search on Tuesday evening, but it was called off at 8:30pm after darkness fell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The multi-agency search resumed at first light this morning with Water Police boats, jet skis and helicopters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police are asking anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the missing swimmer to contact them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police and emergency services are continuing a major search operation for a swimmer missing on the Gold Coast.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":630819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,269071,198304,269070,269072,50],"class_list":["post-630818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-australia","tag-gold-coast-search","tag-lifeguards","tag-missing-swimmer","tag-missing-tourist-gold-coast","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116169109031902740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}