Child swept to death on Nazaré beach in front of horrified family members
A nine-year-old child was swept to her death after being picked up by a freak wave on Nazaré beach early this morning. The little girl, described as French, was in
British father dies trying to save daughters from drowning
A 45-year-old British man died at the unsupervised beach of Calada, near Mafra, today after trying to help his two young daughters from being swept out to sea. Surfers paddled
Algarve beaches 2020: six deaths, 121 swimmers ‘saved’
Lifeguards in the Algarve are finally about to hang up their whistles and pack away their floats after an extremely complicated summer filled with new restrictions and a very unhabitual
Body believed to be missing tourist found near Vila do Bispo beach
Maritime authorities have recovered a body believed to belong to a 28-year-old tourist who went missing last Friday (September 18) at Vila do Bispo’s Furnas beach. The body was spotted
Tragedy at Praia do Pintadinho as 57-year-old spearfisher dies
A 57-year-old Portuguese spearfisher died this morning at Lagoa’s Praia do Pintadinho. According to Portugal’s maritime authority (AMN), the man started to struggle to breathe and was helped out of
Body of 72-year-old missing swimmer found floating off Praia da Rocha
Searches for a missing swimmer off Praia da Rocha beach this morning have ended with the very sad discovery of the 72-year-old Portuguese man’s body. It was located 1 km
Focus on west coast beach where swimmer died – and no-one is paying for a lifeguard
Sunday August 23 brought authorities ‘dithering’ over who should pay for lifeguard cover on a treacherous west coast into sharp focus. Conditions were such that even surfers were keeping out
Doctor, 68, dies after being spotted floating in water at Alvor beach
A Portuguese doctor, aged 68, died on Sunday afternoon after being spotted floating in the water at Alvor beach. Maria José Reis had only recently retired from her post as
Body of 13-year-old who dived into Tejo discovered caught by cable
The body of a 13-year-old boy who dived into the Tejo yesterday afternoon but never resurfaced was discovered early this morning, caught by an underwater cable. Searches for the boy
One dead after six swimmers swept up by current on west coast beach
A 27-year-old man died this afternoon and another was resuscitated after the group they were in was swept up by a current on the wild west coast beach of Castelejo