Miracle as four teens who vanished after launching their paddleboards off a popular beach are found alive on an ISLAND 20km away
- Four teens, aged between 18 and 19, vanished from Rosebud Beach, Victoria
- Their belongings were found on the beach by a passerby at 8pm on Monday
- Police believe they’d been using inflatable paddle boars when they vanished
- Police confirmed on Tuesday morning the four had been found alive
Four teenagers who disappeared while paddle boarding in waters off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula have been found alive some 21 kilometres away.
An 18-year-old woman, two 18-year-old men and a 19-year-old woman were using inflatable paddle boards off Rosebud Beach on Monday when they suddenly vanished.
Their belongings, including mobile phones and a car, were found on the beach by a passerby at about 8pm.
A major search operation had been launched for the group, who’d travelled to Rosebud to celebrate finishing their final school exams, with Victoria Police confirming all four had been found on Swan Island after 9am on Tuesday.
The group were found by security on the island and will be taken to hospital for assessment.
The island is home to a military training facility ran by the Department of Defence.
Four teenagers who disappeared while paddle boarding at Rosebud Beach off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula have been found alive
The group were found on Swan Island some 21 kilometres away from where they’d been on Rosebud Beach
Police are seen outside the Rosebud Yacht Club on Tuesday morning after a search for the teens resumed. All four have been found alive
A major search operation was launched to find the missing teenagers who vanished on Monday
After their belongings were found, specialist police immediately scoured the area for the group but the search was halted at 4am on Tuesday due to deteriorating conditions.
The search resumed on Tuesday morning, with water police, rescue boats and helicopters all involved.
The father of one of the men, Jack Shi, who had been waiting on the shore of the beach for any updates, said he was frustrated the search hadn’t resumed by 7.30am.
Helicopters have been utilised to help search for the missing teens who were found on Swan Island on Tuesday morning
Jack Shi, a father of one of the men, told Sunrise on Tuesday the teens had just finished their final school exams and came to Rosebud for an end-of-year celebration
‘We have been waiting here since yesterday evening, we really appreciate all the help but we hope this can be noticed by more people to help,’ he said.
It is not known what time the group went missing.
It’s unknown if the teens, who live in the Glen Waverley area, in Melbourne’s east, were on their own individual paddle boards or were sharing, or if they were wearing life jackets.
The search covered as far as the Bass Strait.
One man who was walking his dog along the beach on Tuesday morning said he’d seen a yellow tent a fair way out on the sand the night before.
Conditions at the beach worsened over Tuesday morning with the wind picking up and the water visibly choppy.
More to come
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