Surfer rescued after getting into difficulty off west Cork coast Young man ‘plucked him from the choppy seas’ by RNLI crew on Saturday afternoon Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 10:35
A surfer was rescued on Saturday afternoon after getting into difficulty off the west Cork coast. The young man was in difficulty for almost 45 minutes about 1km offshore at Garrylucas Beach near the Old Head of Kinsale shortly after 4pm. Courtmacsherry RNLI Voluntary Lifeboat Operations Manager, Brian O Dwyer said a lifeboat was launched within minutes. “They proceeded at full speed to the area where the casualty was and they arrived there within 15 minutes – there was a rough sea and the casualty was being blown out to sea,” said Mr O’Dwyer.