UPDATE: Water-rescue response off Alki Beach

7:33 PM: SFD is sending a water-rescue response to the 2600 block of Alki Avenue SW for a report of someone who, according to dispatch, “flipped (their) kayak” a quarter-mile offshore and is having trouble righting it. Police are also going to help from shore.

(Added: Photo by David Hutchinson)

7:43 PM: The person is safely ashore and this is “no longer an emergency event,” responders have told dispatch.

5 Replies to "UPDATE: Water-rescue response off Alki Beach"

  • John May 11, 2023 (8:55 pm)

    Wow! Makes you think twice about getting on a kayak!

    • Mando#2 May 12, 2023 (2:14 am)

      YOLO

  • Alki-Holic May 12, 2023 (5:54 am)

    A good reminder to ALWAYS wear a life jacket! 🛟 So glad everyone involved is OK. 🙏

  • Kayak Greg May 12, 2023 (8:51 am)

    Learn your self rescue folks.  We have the resources right here in West Seattle.  ACA courses taught at Alki Kayak Tours

  • THX1138 May 12, 2023 (6:46 pm)

    Get a paddleboard

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