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A strong current and heavy waves breaking onto the reef made the rescue even tougher, as the pair were submerged multiple times. Wright and the swimmer were hit by a series of heavy waves in the shallows before a group on the sand were able to reach them, and pull the pair to safety. Wright comes from a family of world-class surfers, including siblings Owen and two-time women's world champion Tyler – hailing from the South Coast town of Culburra. The video, posted on Instagram by Wright as well as Tyler, has been viewed thousands of times and shared by surfers around the world.

By Ashley KentJan 1st, 2021 FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedInJan 1st, 2021 Pro Australian surfer Mikey Wright has saved a drowning person in Hawaii. The moment was captured and shared on Instagram showing the heroic save in huge swell in Oahu. The Wright family, who are a clan of world-class surfers including Tyler, Owen and Mikey, are all very aware of just how unpredictable the ocean can be. Mikey and Tyler were on the beachfront on Oahu's North Shore when they witnessed a beachgoer getting swept away in the strong current. "He's gonna need to get saved," Mikey says in the ba...