{"id":631077,"date":"2026-03-04T07:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/631077\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:22:13","slug":"body-found-during-search-for-tourist-missing-from-gold-coast-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/631077\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found during search for tourist missing from Gold Coast beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The body of a swimmer missing on the Gold Coast has been found following a major search operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said emergency services were called about 6:30pm on Tuesday after reports that a 20-year-old man, 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\/1772608932_275_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 assisted authorities with the search.<\/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\/1772608933_145_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\">The man&#8217;s body was found at Main Beach at about 1:30pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police will prepare a report for the coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The body of a swimmer missing on the Gold Coast has been found following a major search operation.&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-631077","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\/116169706576261196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631077","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=631077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631077\/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=631077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}