Official Report….Approx. 100 yards off shore from Government Beach Road and Tide Pools Search & Rescue
12:11pm, Thursday, 8/11/2022
1 injured; 3 rescued
7 HFD apparatus; 14 HFD personnel
High surf and inattention to the ocean’s conditions.
3-swimmers in the ocean hanging onto a paddle board
approx 100 yards offshore.
Approx. 100 yards off shore from Government Beach Road and Tide Pools
At 1207 hours on Thursday August 11, 2022 HFD responded to a Search & Rescue mission, off of Beach Road south
of Makuu Drive, with seven (7) units and fourteen (14) personnel. HFD arrived on scene at 1239 hours. According
to the 911 caller, one male was swept out to sea from a tide pool and two male bystanders swam out with a
paddle board to help him. Chopper 1 and crew extricated the three (3) of them from the ocean and flew them to
a nearby landing zone. The 56 year old male victim, who was swept out to the ocean was: assessed, treated, and
transported to HMC ED. The two other males denied EMS treatment or transport. HFD units cleared the scene at
1419 hours.
