Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing swimmer off Tybee Island

USCG MH-65 Dolphin Air Station Savannah, U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brittney Vella (archive)

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard ended its search Tuesday for a 33-year-old man who went missing off Tybee Island,​ Georgia.​

A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew located a man in the water matching the missing swimmer's description at 11:40 a.m.

A Coast Guard Station Tybee Island 45-foot Response Boat – Medium​ boat crew recovered the man and began life-saving​ procedures​ while en route to Station Tybee where EMS was waiting.

On Monday, Coast Guard Sector Charleston Command Center watchstanders were notified by Tybee Island Fire and Rescue of a missing male swimmer at 6:38 p.m.​ The man was last seen by his wife swimming off Tybee Island in a wet suit on a body board.

Coast Guard Air Station Savannah crews, a Coast Guard Auxilary​ aircrew, Station Tybee boat crews, Tybee Island Fire and Rescue crews, Georgia Department of Natural Resourcesand local authorities assisted in the search.

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Coast Guard assists vessel taking on water near Wassaw Sound

MH-65D Dolphin USCG, photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Strohmaier (archive)

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard assisted two boaters Friday after their vessel began taking on water near Wassaw Sound, Georgia.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Charleston received a distress relay at 5:02 p.m. from Tow Boat U.S. stating an 18-foot vessel was taking on water with two people aboard.

A Coast Guard Station Tybee Island 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew launched to assist.

At 5:34 p.m., the Dolphin crew located the vessel and remained on scene until the RB-S crew arrived. Once on scene, the RB-S crew controlled the flooding and safely towed the vessel toThunderbolt Marina.

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