{"id":140969,"date":"2025-03-13T01:45:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140969"},"modified":"2025-03-13T01:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:45:38","slug":"florida-windsurfer-rescued-after-getting-swept-1-mile-away-from-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140969","title":{"rendered":"Florida windsurfer rescued after getting swept 1 mile away from shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-jdkmswi41gj0ipmm\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38331738194\/320\/179\/z270hbv1qiw92zjw.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38331738194\/640\/358\/z270hbv1qiw92zjw.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38331738194\/768\/432\/z270hbv1qiw92zjw.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, 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class=\"sub-text\">A man was rescued Monday after being pulled a mile offshore between Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island, the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>SANIBEL, Fla.\u2013<\/strong> \u00a0A windsurfer was rescued on Monday after being swept out into the Gulf a mile off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>&#8216;s coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the windsurfer was stuck for about an hour between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/fort-myers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fort Myers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/sanibel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanibel<\/a> before someone called to report them in distress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Marine units from the sheriff&#8217;s office responded to help get the windsurfer back to shore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Bodycam footage from one of the marine officers on the scene showed officers pulling up next to the man, sitting on a surfboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/windsurfer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/windsurfer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/windsurfer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/windsurfer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/windsurfer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/windsurfer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/windsurfer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A marine officer throws a rope to the stranded windsurfer. \"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A marine officer throws a rope to the stranded windsurfer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Are you all right?&#8221; an officer asks the man, as he pulls a rope off the boat and tosses one end to the windsurfer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The sound of whipping winds fills the background noise. At the time of the rescue, winds were blowing northwest, with gusts between 30 and 35 mph, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/data\/obhistory\/KFMY.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Weather Service<\/a> data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The video then cuts to the surfer in waist-deep water, near the beach, as the officer on the boat gives him his sail back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said it&#8217;s unclear how much the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ocean<\/a> currents contributed to the surfer being pulled out to sea versus the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wind<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/florida-windsurfer-rescue-sanibel\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was rescued Monday after being pulled a mile offshore between Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island, the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.\u00a0 SANIBEL, Fla.\u2013 \u00a0A windsurfer was rescued &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140969\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}