Rescue services have been scouring the coastline of La Santa in Lanzarote since Friday afternoon when a 19 year old was swept off the rocks by a wave.
The young man was in an area known as Bocachica taking photographs of the huge waves when the tragedy happened. His grandmother who was with him at the time, alerted the emergency services at 16:00 on Friday. The Grupo de Emergencias y Salvamento del Gobierno de Canarias (GES) helicopter, Policía Local de Tinajo, Guardia Civil, volunteers from Emerlan, Bomberos del Consorcio de Emergencias and a boat from Salvamento Marítimo all joined the search until the light went. Sadly, despite extensive searches continuing throughout Saturday he has not been found as yet.
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