A surfer who disappeared off the coast of Scotland has been found more than 30 hours after going missing. The man was found floating on his board in near-freezing water.
According to reports, 22-year-old Matthew Bryce went for a morning surf at West Port Beach, Ireland. By the afternoon, Bryce’s family was getting worried. A search party was formed to find the lost surfer. Bryce was finally spotted 13 miles from the coast by a Coast Guard rescue helicopter that was assisting in the search. Average water temperatures in the area was a frigid 44ºF. Rescuers were relieved to find him alive.
“Hope was fading of finding the surfer safe and well after such a long period in the water,” Dawn Petrie, at Belfast Coastguard Operations Centre, told The Sun. “He was kitted out with all the right clothing including a thick neoprene suit and this must have helped him to survive for so long at sea. He is hypothermic but conscious and has been flown to hospital in Belfast.”
