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May 7th, 2012 
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PEREGIAN BEACH: The search has resumed for a Brisbane man who went missing in surf at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.
Air and sea search continues at Peregian Beach for a 27-year-old Brisbane dad who went for a swim on Sunday at 3pm and didn’t return. Picture: Megan Slade
Source: The Courier-Mail
THE Westpac Rescue Helicopter has recommenced a grid search along the Sunshine Coast coastline in the hunt for a missing Brisbane father who is feared drowned.
Half a dozen search crews had been focused on an area of water about 1km south of Peregian Beach Surf Club after something was spotted about 10.30am.
However the search has since moved further north after an extensive search of the area and failed to find anything.
The search recommenced at first light today as the hunt for the missing Brisbane father intensified.
The new dad, a 37-year-old from Scarborough, was last seen by his wife swimming about 1km north of Peregian Beach Surf Club, outside the flags, about 3pm yesterday.
The man’s wife, who was looking after their seven-month-old baby while her husband took a swim, raised the alarm after he disappeared from sight.
The surf was messy with at least 1m of swell and a lot of white water reducing visibility. Conditions remain the same today.
Beach conditions are rough and a search crew was this morning knocked out of their IRB.
The couple were day-trippers from Brisbane.
The man, who is not a strong swimmer, is originally from Germany.
The man’s distraught wife stayed with locals on the Sunshine Coast last night and relatives started arriving on the Coast this morning.
The new mum has not been seen today and is being supported by her sister and brother-in-law.
District Inspector Mark Henderson said the family was struggling to cope.
“They’re not coping real well,” he said.
“They’re doing the best I suppose they can in the circumstances.
“We certainly had some injuries (among searchers) last night and I know the family have spoken to me about that and are keen to pass on their thanks to lifesavers.
“We praise the efforts of all of those who are putting themselves through that effort out there and they will continue to do that.”
A full-scale search was launched yesterday afternoon but in rough conditions with poor visibility crews failed to find the man before nightfall.
A number of lifesavers were injured during yesterday’s search, with one dislocating his hip and another injuring his elbow.
A freak wave also rolled a search crew’s all terrain vehicle but no one was injured in the incident.
About 10 police officers from Coolum to Noosa, two water police, three coast guard vessels and up to 20 lifesavers have been searching since first light today.
This morning’s search off Peregian and Sunshine Beaches involves jet skis, seven marine rescue vessels, the Sunshine Coast Water Police vessel and a rescue helicopter.
The Westpac Rescue Chopper had to refuel about 9am but was back in the air soon after.
Searchers are conducting a grid search between Coolum and Noosa.
District Inspector Mark Henderson said police were using computer modelling combined with local knowledge to get the drift current and come up with a search grid.
“It’s basically just cutting the ocean up into little quadrants and searching those quadrants one by one, up and down, in and out and we’ll hopefully continue that until we bring a positive resolution for the family,” he said.
Inspector Henderson said the tragedy appeared to be a “straight-forward drowning”.
“The sea conditions were quite horrendous (yesterday),” he said.
“It’s very deceiving – yesterday and even today you look past the breakers and everything is quite clear and calm but in that field between the low and high tide marks there’s a big gutter and the water, given that we’ve just had one of the highest tides of the year last night, the movement of the water is quite exceptional in that area and it takes only but a second to lose your footing and you’re gone.
“If you’re not a confident swimmer, unfortunately the rest is not good.”
The missing man was swimming outside the flags.
“We certainly have had drownings and plenty of rescues (along this stretch of beach),” he said.
“Thank goodness people predominantly swim in the flagged areas.
“That probably would have been the case yesterday (that the man would have been rescued) had the person been in a patrolled area. It’s just a tragic set of circumstances.”
Lifeguard duty officer Dave McLean said the missing man was not a strong swimmer.
“He was an OK pool swimmer but not an over-experienced surf swimmer,” he said.
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