The determined seek for a 20-year-old Melbourne man has entered its second night time after he disappeared beneath the surf at a infamous Mornington Peninsula seashore.
The North Melbourne man, who’s on holidays along with his dad and youthful brother, was swimming along with his sibling once they acquired into bother close to Gunnamatta Beach earlier than 7pm on Friday.
Their dad swam out to assist the brothers earlier than he additionally began to wrestle.
Surf lifesavers managed to rescue the daddy and his 16-year-old son.
Despite having a maintain of the older brother, he slipped away.
“The two people that were rescued were very, very fortunate lifesavers had been called to another incident nearby,” Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp mentioned.
“(The beach) wasn’t patrolled.”
The father and son had been taken to hospital and have since been discharged.
A large-scale seek for the 20-year-old was launched, which spanned from Rye Back Beach to Cape Schanck.
Gunnamatta Beach was closed for a lot of the day because the police air wing circled the skies, because the search came about from within the air and on the water, with inexperienced dye dropped in to the ocean to trace currents and tides.
Gunnamatta is a infamous seashore and circumstances can change in a matter of moments.
“Conditions like yesterday when we had a strong easterly wind with a lot of water movement and high tide, it just creates a dangerous environment unfortunately,” Life Saving Victoria Peter McDonell mentioned.
The seek for the 20-year-old will resume at first mild on Sunday.
