A twenty-nine-year-old man was swept out to sea while swimming at Salmon Bay in Ballito this afternoon. Reports from the scene is that the man was swimming when he landed in a rip current and swept out to sea his friends watched him disappear under the water.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the traumatized bystanders on the beach. Paramedics called for the assistance of the S A P S search and rescue to conduct a search for the missing bather.