The 20-year-old student was among four friends caught in a rip at St Kilda Beach last night and sucked about 300m out to sea. Off-duty surf life-savers, St John paramedics and water rescue squad members comfort four people after they were rescued from a rip at St Kilda Beach. The alarm was raised about 6.50pm by Phil Hudson, a water rescue squad member, who was walking his dog along the beach when he spotted a commotion. Mr Hudson immediately called Stefhan Brown, another water rescue squad member, to scramble other squad members and off-duty lifeguards to the beach. Otago Surf Life Saving search and rescue co-ordinator Max Corboy said the rescue was a good outcome but also a close-run thing.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 04, 2019 19:15 UTC