Overview
- JRSC Guam is coordinating efforts with Guam Fire Rescue, Navy HSC-25, the cutter Frederick Hatch, and Station Apra Harbor response boat crews.
- Authorities received the report around 6:32 p.m. Tuesday after a swimmer was pulled beyond the reef; a family member tried to help but lost contact in heavy surf.
- Overnight and at first light, searches continued by air and sea, with Guam Fire Rescue drones using thermal imaging and Frederick Hatch conducting offshore sweeps.
- Teams are concentrating on the last known position and a southward drift pattern, with plans for small boats, jet skis, and dive teams when conditions permit.
- The National Weather Service has high surf, rip current, and small craft advisories in effect, and officials urge the public to stay out of the water and report tips to JRSC Guam at (671) 355-4824 or VHF Channel 16.