Overview
- Dispatchers received a 2 p.m. report of a paddleboarder in distress near 94th Street along the Seawall.
- Beach Patrol, fire, EMS, and police pulled the man from the Gulf near 102nd Street and began CPR.
- He was taken to UTMB in Galveston, where he was pronounced dead, according to Beach Patrol Chief Austin Kirwin.
- The man was described as in his 40s from the Houston area, with his name withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
- Beach Patrol urged visitors to stay close to shore, check flag conditions, and enter the water only within their abilities as the National Weather Service warned of strong rip currents.