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Press Release | May 6, 2023

Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing swimmer near Freeport, Texas

Coast Guard PADET Texas - Office: (281) 464-4810 / After Hours: (832) 293-1293

A Coast Guard Station Freeport crewmember looks through binoculars during a search for a missing swimmer on May 6, 2023 near Surfside Beach, Texas. Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders coordinated a search with Coast Guard Station Freeport boat crews and Coast Guard Air Station Houston aircrews for a missing 19-year-old male swimmer. (Courtesy photo)  Pictured is the view from a Coast Guard Station Freeport 29-foot Response Boat–Small cockpit during a search for a missing swimmer on May 6, 2023 near Surfside Beach, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched search and rescue crews for the missing 19-year-old swimmer. (Courtesy photo)

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HOUSTON — The Coast Guard, along with state and local partner agencies, are searching for a missing swimmer near Freeport, Texas, Saturday.

Missing is a 19-year-old Black male last seen wearing dark-colored swim trunks with an orange waistband.

Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received notification Friday at 6:30 p.m. from the Brazos County Sheriff's Office stating a swimmer was swept out by a wave near Surfside Beach.

Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew, a 29-foot Response Boat–Small crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to search for the missing swimmer.

Involved in the search are:

  • Sector Houston-Galveston
  • Station Freeport
  • Air Station Houston
  • Coast Guard Auxillary
  • Surfside Police Department
  • Texas EquuSearch

Anyone with information that may assist search efforts should contact Sector Houston-Galveston at 281-464-4851.

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