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Storm Ciara: Surfer declared missing in high winds after board washes up on beach, only for him to swim ashore 5 miles away

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A surfer who was declared missing in Hastings after his surfboard washed ashore amid the high winds and waves whipped up by Storm Ciara has been found alive after he managed to swim ashore at a beach more than five miles further east. “It’s a fair old distance to be without your board,” the press officer for Hastings Lifeboat Station Clive Mayhew told The Independent. “The helicopter then landed there and he went to William Harvey hospital for a checkover, and apparently he’s ok.” When the lifeboat tried to return to Hastings, a large wave almost capsized the vessel. Speaking about the conditions the lifeboat crew faced, Mr Mayhew added: “When the boat came back and came round to the harbour, it went right over and nearly capsized.

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