Overview

• The Hellenic Coast Guard and Greek police paused targeted rescue efforts at Ofrynio beach but continue a broad Strymonian Gulf operation using patrol, private and fishing vessels; no confirmed trace has been found.
• A summer sports instructor told LBC he spoke to a woman matching Bourda’s description as she swam into deep water and urged her to stay closer to shore.
• Lifeline Hellas’s Silver Alert remains active, warning that Bourda’s life is in danger and urging anyone with information to call the national SOS line 1065.
• All of Bourda’s personal effects—her clothes, bag and sunbed items—were recovered on August 1, heightening concerns over how she vanished.
• The Gulf’s remote coastline and strong currents complicate rescue operations, and UK consular officials in Athens are supporting Bourda’s family.