{"id":639718,"date":"2026-03-24T10:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=639718"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:59:02","slug":"rip-current-distressed-swimmers-saved-by-surf-coach-lucas-taub-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rip-current-distressed-swimmers-saved-by-surf-coach-lucas-taub-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Rip Current Distressed Swimmers Saved by Surf Coach Lucas Taub (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rip Current Distressed Swimmers Saved by Westcliff College Surf Coach Lucas Taub<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Westcliff College surf coach Lucas Taub<\/strong> didn’t hesitate, and his actions saved two lives.<\/p>\n

Taub dove into the Pacific to rescue a father and daughter caught in the rip current near Oceanside, California.<\/p>\n

Video footage and multiple reports<\/a> show two swimmers visibly struggling in strong ocean currents. Who we know now as Chris Greene father eventually reaches his 6-year-old daughter, Coco, both struggling and exhausted.<\/p>\n

That is when Taub reached them.<\/p>\n

“I looked down, and I saw a little girl struggling, kind of bobbing up and down in the water, and right away, I knew something was wrong,” Taub told ABC<\/a>. “And then I saw her dad trailing.”<\/p>\n

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