Windsurfer in distress rescued off 25th Street Beach

Heard on: Ocean County Fire and EMS - Northern

02:18

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Station 13 and the Ocean County Fire Coordinator for Barnegat Light at the 25th Street Beach for a windsurfer in distress at 1451.

00:17

Squad 12 to 25th Street Beach for a windsurfer in distress 1450.

00:31

Squad 46, you can recall your last assignment 557 panel on 1450.

00:36

Five four.

00:42

Fifty 3111 car 5332 till zero one.

00:57

Captain responding, please repeat.

01:02

On the water, about fifty-two hundred feet out, and he's trying to make his way in, but he ain't stripping.

01:20

Quarry Street for a CO alarm.

01:21

Station 18 , number 16 .

01:23

Quarry Street for a CO alarm.

01:26

Fourteen fifty-six.

01:32

This is a cancel for Hamilton.

01:39

1300.

01:41

Copy.

01:44

1457.

01:51

1200.

01:53

1457.

01:59

556, we're clearing, can't play.

02:02

1457.

02:07

It looks like the guy's staying in the water.

02:09

Squad's going to contact him.

02:15

Radio stating it's on 23rd Street.

7/27/2026 11:49 AM

Medical Emergency

W 23rd St, Barnegat Light, NJ 08008

Windsurfer in distress rescued off 25th Street Beach

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded near 25th Street Beach in Barnegat Light for a possible water rescue involving a windsurfer who appeared to be in distress several thousand feet offshore. Later radio traffic suggested the situation may have been closer to 23rd Street, and a squad planned to make contact with the person in the water.

Windsurfer in distress rescued off 25th Street Beach

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