On The Third Day, The SAR Team Expanded The Search For Anglers Swept Away By The Waves Of Ngambur Beach Pacitan

The joint SAR team while moving using a rubber boat to look for Suraji, an angler suspected of being dragged by the waves at Ngambur Beach, Plumbungan Village, Kebonagung Pacitan District, Tuesday (15/4/2025). ANTARA/HO-Basarnas Trenggalek.

The joint SAR team expanded the search area for Suraji (50), a resident of Watu Wadek Hamlet, Karanganongko Village, Pacitan, East Java who was allegedly swept away by the waves while fishing on Ngambur Beach, Tuesday, April 15.

The Coordinator of the Trenggalek Basarnas, Fitra A. Chasanda, explained that the search entered its third day by dividing personnel into three teams, two combing the sea and one searching for land.

The first team used Basarnas rubber boats to comb west to Waantaung Beach. The second team from the East Java Regional Police searched to the east to Baku Beach," said Fitra in Pacitan, Tuesday, April 15, as reported by Antara.

However, he continued, weather conditions were an obstacle and could force the team to refocus around the point where the victim was suspected of drowning.

The land search was also expanded from two kilometers to four kilometers east, involving residents and families of victims under the coordination of the local village head.

"The expansion was carried out because of the changing ocean and wind currents, so the victim may have shifted from the scene," he said.

Although the search was expanded, monitoring at the starting point of the missing victims has been carried out since morning.

Suraji was reported missing on the evening of Saturday, April 12, while fishing with two of his colleagues in the Ngambur Beach area. He did not respond when called, until he was finally declared missing and reported to the authorities.