Overview

• Salvamento Marítimo alerted the Guardia Civil after spotting a man adrift on a wooden pallet near the southern coast of Tenerife.
• The Servicio Marítimo Provincial vessel Río Guadiato located the 37-year-old off Arona and hoisted him aboard an auxiliary boat.
• Officers noted signs of hypothermia despite his overall stable condition at the time of rescue.
• He was transported to Las Galletas dock and evaluated by a medicalized ambulance crew.
• The episode highlights the extreme risks of the 58-kilometer sea crossing between Tenerife and Gran Canaria.