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Press Release | July 17, 2023

IMAGERY AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescues kite surfer beset by weather near Port Mansfield, Texas

Coast Guard PADET Texas - Office: (281) 464-4810 / After Hours: (832) 293-1293

Petty Officer 2nd Class Luke Mathews, Petty Officer 3rd Class Logan Sjodin, Lt. j.g. Christian Roubique, and Lt. Jamel Chokr, members of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi, pose for a photo following a search and rescue case off Bird Island near Port Mansfield, Texas, July 15, 2023. The crew located and hoisted a distressed kite surfer who was beset by weather. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Air Station Corpus Christi)

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued a kite surfer who was beset by weather near Port Mansfield, Texas, Saturday.

Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders received a report from a Kleberg County Sheriff’s office dispatcher at 1:41 p.m. stating a kite surfer was in distress. 

Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and diverted an already-airborne MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi.

At 2:05 p.m., the Dolphin crew located and hoisted the kite surfer, then brought them safely ashore.

On-scene weather conditions were 2-foot seas with winds of 17 mph. There were no reported injuries.

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