Man dies trying to rescue daughter at popular Adelaide beach

A man has drowned at a popular Adelaide beach after trying to save his young daughter who had been swept offshore.He was trying to rescue his daughter, who had been blown offshore on an inflatable tubeWitnesses say the 49-year-old Seaton man swam out to sea at Grange Beach, in Adelaide's west, to rescue his daughter after she was blown offshore on an inflatable tube on Thursday morning.

Michael Napper, 70, was playing with his grandchildren on bodyboards when he saw the man heading into the water to save his daughter."Before I could get there, the little daughter jumped off the tube and into his arms in deep water and he was trying to save her.""I managed to get her on the board," he said.

The man was pulled unconscious from the water along with his distressed daughter with the help of other beachgoers."I think I could've got to them sooner and I'm sorry I haven't."Surf Life Saving SA's Daniel Willetts said there had been four coastal drownings in six weeks in South Australia."Already today we have seen two incidents of that nature today and that has resulted in the assistance of emergency services.

"If you find yourself in a sudden offshore wind, you'll be swept out to sea and you'll find yourself in difficulty.""With the hot weather coming and school holidays … the beaches are going to be busier … please swim between the flags, swim at a patrolled area".

I hope he knew his daughter was ok before he died, good job Dad

Devastating 😢

Oh that's horrible

'...the little daughter jumped off the tube and into his arms in deep water and he was trying to save her.' I hope the little girl never, ever reads this. When a father's love 😢

💔🙏🏽

So tragic 🥺

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