LA Times · Sep 12, 2015
Lifeguards search for missing swimmer off Huntington Beach
Big surf and strong rip currents are not unusual in Huntington Beach, where lifeguards now are searching for a missing swimmer.Emergency crews were continuing to search Saturday for a missing swimmer who was last seen struggling in a rip current off the coast of Huntington Beach late Friday.
Lifeguards in boats and a police helicopter searched the water between Sixth and Fourth streets until 11 p.m., police said.
The swimmer was last seen about 9:30 p.m., seemingly caught up in the rip tide, police said.
Authorities said some witnesses saw the man – believed to be wearing a tank top and shorts – was "twirling erratically” in the water.