Kiteboarder struggling with wind and swell reaches shore

Heard on: Long Beach Area Marine Safety and Mutual Aid

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

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I'm on the phone with a kiteer who's reporting his friend.

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Uh, it's a winged kite, white, in the area of 62nd, being pushed by the wind, and he says he thinks his friend may need help.

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I'm trying to get more details.

00:16

Copy. I'll be around that area.

00:24

Life Guard Six, be careful.

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Life Guard Six.

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This is going to be a white winged kite on a foil board.

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He appears to be self rescuing, but he does look like he's having a little bit of trouble with the swell and wind.

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He's just outside the buoy line at 55th Place.

00:46

Copying that.

00:54

Life guard six, beach ops, got a visual of this kite rider.

00:57

He just made it to land, carrying his kite above his head.

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You should run into him in a 2nd .

2026-10-24 00:56 UTC

Medical Emergency

55th Pl, Long Beach, CA 90803

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, lifeguards responded to a report of a distressed kite rider near 55th Place and 62nd Street off the beach. The rider, on a foil board with a white winged kite, was reportedly struggling with wind and swell but later appeared to reach shore on his own.