The body of a 15-year-old girl was found floating offshore. She allegedly slipped off rocks at Llandudno on Friday. Image: Pixabay.

Body of teen swept away at Llandudno found ‘accompanied by dolphin pod’

An NSRI rescue craft found the girl’s body floating about a kilometre offshore. She slipped off rocks at Llandudno on Friday evening.

by Storm Simpson

29-10-2022 16:32

in News

The body of a 15-year-old girl was found floating offshore. She allegedly slipped off rocks at Llandudno on Friday. Image: Pixabay.

The body of the 15-year-old girl who allegedly slipped off Llandudno rocks before being swept out to sea was found on Saturday, 29 October.

READ: No sign of 15-year-old girl swept away at Llandudno beach

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As previously reported, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said the girl was swept away at approximately 18:00 on Friday evening.

“The teenager may have slipped off rocks before being swept away by rip currents,” said spokesperson Craig Lambinon.

The police, NSRI and several other emergency services immediately launched search and rescue efforts. There was no sign of the girl on Friday and the search continued on Saturday.

In an update on Saturday, Lambinon said the girl was found by a rescue craft approximately one kilometre from the shore.

“During the extensive sea and shoreline search, that included police scuba dive search efforts and EMS rescue drone search efforts, an NSRI rescue craft patrolling deep sea about a kilometre offshore reported over the VFH marine radio that the body of the teenager was located floating on the water surface accompanied by a pod of dolphins near to the rescue craft,” he said.

Members of the police dive unit recovered the girl’s body and she was brought to the Institute’s rescue station in Hout Bay.

The body has been taken into the care of the police and the government’s health and forensic pathology service.

Lambinon said the victim’s family and friends have requested privacy during their time of mourning. “NSRI, police and community cohesion services have spent significant time with family and friends and condolences are conveyed by all emergency services involved.”