A man who was rushed to the hospital after he was pulled from the ocean in Surfside on Sunday night has died, authorities said.
It was around 7 p.m. when lifeguards responded to a call of a missing swimmer in the area of 90th Street and Collins Avenue.
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WATCH HEREOne witness said rescue crews spent at least five minutes looking for the man.
Everlayn Borges was at the beach and shot video with her cell phone after the man was found.
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“They were trying to give him CPR and he was not responding,” she said. “At this point it was very sad, because he was with some friends and they were witnessing what was happening and the whole thing was very heartbreaking.”
There has been several rescues at our east coast area beaches over the last several days as a high risk of rip currents has continued due to strong onshore winds.
— NWS Miami (@NWSMiami) April 21, 2025
That high risk of rip currents remains with us today.
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She described the victim as a young man.
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First responders found him, then rushed him to shore using a personal watercraft, pulling the patient who was on a rescue sled tethered to the watercraft.
Once they arrived on the beach, lifeguards jumped off and started administering CPR.
Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office officials confirmed Monday that the man was pronounced dead.
The sheriff's office said the cause of death was confirmed to be accidental. The man's identity wasn't released.
Borges said she is a free-diver and a seasoned swimmer and knows windy beach days can be dangerous.
“You are never really comfortable seeing someone on the worst day of their life, it is definitely very dangerous this time of year and it would be good if everybody would be mindful to not trust the ocean, because it is very unpredictable,” she said.
The weekend was one of dangerous and deadly surf. A teenager drowned on Friday in Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Miami Beach Ocean Rescue also responded to two near drownings Sunday in the area of 16th Street and Ocean Drive.
Lifeguards there were able to rescue two people. They were checked by medics and then released.
