{"id":373700,"date":"2026-07-29T13:32:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=373700"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:02:40","slug":"seek-for-british-skilled-surfer-missing-off-coast-of-portugal-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/seek-for-british-skilled-surfer-missing-off-coast-of-portugal-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Seek for British skilled surfer missing off coast of Portugal | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rescue crews are searching for the British surfer near Arrifana beach in Portugal (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The seek for a British skilled surfer who disappeared while paddleboarding off the coast of Portugal has resumed today.<\/p>\n

Rescue crews are searching for Arran Strong, 28, who vanished within the Atlantic Ocean near Arrifana, a preferred browsing destination on Portugal\u2019s west coast, on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

The alarm was raised shortly after 11.30am after Arran became separated from his board around a mile offshore while participating in a long-distance paddleboarding journey.<\/p>\n

Search teams, including the Portuguese coastguard, maritime police, lifeboat crews and an Air Force aircraft, spent hours combing the realm before the operation was suspended overnight. It resumed this morning.<\/p>\n

Because the search continues, Arran\u2019s close friend and fellow paddleboarder Jose Maria Pyrrait shared an emotional tribute, describing the missing surfer as \u2018like a son\u2019 to him.<\/p>\n

Explaining what happened, he said the pair had stopped offshore to drink water and take photographs before setting off again.<\/p>\n

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Arran Strong disappeared while paddleboarding off the coast of Portugal (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jose said he allowed Arran to paddle ahead before catching up, but when he stopped to attend he found Arran\u2019s board drifting alone within the water.<\/p>\n

\u2018I paddled to it as fast as I could and dived over and all over again searching for him, but we were in very deep water and visibility was extremely poor,\u2019 he wrote.<\/p>\n

A close-by fisherman helped search the realm while emergency services were alerted.<\/p>\n

In his heartbreaking message, Jose added: \u2018Arran was like a son to me. Since he was 10 years old he trained with me and spent weekends and holidays with me.<\/p>\n

\u2018He all the time told me he would die young. At once, I feel a deep pain. The one faint comfort is that he departed at sea, the place he loved most.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Rescue crews are searching for the British surfer near Arrifana beach in Portugal (Picture: Getty Images) The seek for a British skilled surfer who disappeared while paddleboarding off the coast of Portugal has resumed today. Rescue crews are searching for Arran Strong, 28, who vanished within the Atlantic Ocean near Arrifana, a preferred browsing destination […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":373701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[2869,6113,3417,395,14007,864,1315,5160,813],"class_list":["post-373700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-british","tag-coast","tag-missing","tag-news","tag-portugal","tag-professional","tag-search","tag-surfer","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t