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Body of man, 80, is found floating in Alicante port in Spain

THE body of an 80-year-old man was discovered on Monday floating in the waters off the Port of Alicante.  Sources from the Civil Guard told...

Elderly man dies while swimming off Marbella beach

An ELDERLY man has died after drowning at the Playa de Venus beach in Marbella. The incident occurred this Sunday, October 29.  Onlookers managed to get...

Body found floating in Malaga port on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE LIFELESS corpse of a man was located in the early hours of Sunday morning floating in Malaga port on Spain’s Costa del Sol.  The...

Eight people drown in Spain in the space of just 24 hours

EIGHT people drowned in Spain this week in the space of just 24 hours, raising alarms that this year could be a particularly black...

30-year-old man drowns at popular beach in Spain’s Malaga

A 30-YEAR-OLD man has died at La Malagueta beach in Malaga after being pulled from the sea unconscious by other bathers. The tragedy occurred at...

Three drown in same day in waters off Spain’s Catalan coast

THREE men drowned on Saturday while swimming off the Catalan coast, despite the incidents taking place on beaches where lifeguards were present.  One of the...

Double tragedy as two men found dead in coastal waters off Spain’s Cadiz

TWO bodies have been retrieved from the Atlantic Coast of southern Spain, marking a dark day for the Bay of Cadiz. A tragic coincidence that...

Beach tragedy as 72-year-old woman drowns in Spain’s Velez-Malaga

A 72-year-old woman has tragically drowned whilst bathing in the sea off the beach of Almayate, located in the municipality of Velez-Malaga. According to the...

British man capsized in English Channel was trying to paddle to Spain, claims rescuer

A British man thought he had arms of steel to navigate the English channel and kayak to Spain. But it turns out he has a...

Lifeless body of a woman found floating in sea off Spain’s Nerja

THE lifeless body of a woman has been discovered floating in the sea near a popular beach in Nerja. According to the 112 Andalucía emergency...

Emergency services attend 42 calls to assist with near fatal drowning in Spain’s Malaga during July and August

THE Health emergency number 061 has assisted 130 SOS calls for near fatal drowning in Andalucia between the months of July and August this...

Man drowns in strong currents trying to save daughter at swimming blackspot in Spain’s Valencia

A 59-year-old Pucol man died on Thursday trying to save his daughter after she got into difficulty at a Valencia area swimming blackspot. Firefighters were...

Man grabs semi-naked woman by neck and tries to drown her in Valencia park fountain in Spain

A 52-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder after trying to drown a woman by forcing her head into the water of a...

British tourist drowns in hotel swimming pool on Spain’s Mallorca

A 53-year-old British tourist drowned in a Mallorca hotel swimming pool on Sunday afternoon. The tragedy occurred at around 4.40 pm at the Globales Palmanova...

Boy drowns in swimming pool after getting hand sucked into uncovered drain on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A seven-year-old boy drowned in a public swimming pool in the Cabo de las Huertas area of Alicante on Wednesday after getting his hand...

British tourist seriously injured after cliff dive goes badly wrong on Spain’s Ibiza

A British man, 33, was seriously injured on Sunday after a cliff dive into the sea went badly wrong after he plunged into rocks...

British toddler drowns in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A British toddler drowned in a swimming pool at Aigues on Wednesday. The Guardia Civil in Xixona got a report at 6.15 pm of an...

Boy, 6, drowns in banned seaside swimming area as mother and brother survive in Spain’s Valencia

A boy, 6, drowned on Saturday while swimming with his mother and elder brother, 9, in a prohibited area of Canet d'en Berenguer beach...

Squatter nearly drowns in building’s underground water cistern on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A female squatter in Sant Joan d'Alacant almost drowned after falling into a building's underground water cistern. A passer-by heard shouting coming from the block...

Dog owner in Spain’s Catalunya drowns during sea rescue at Costa Brava beach on Lloret de Mar

A man drowned after trying to save his dog at a Costa Brava beach in Catalunya. The owner, 46, responded fatally on Sunday while walking...

Driver of UK-registered car dies after vehicle crashes into ditch on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A female driver of a British-registered car died on Friday after it ran off an Alicante Province road into a ditch filled with water The...

Police investigate after three bodies wash up on Spain’s Malaga coast in 48 hours

THE Policia National together with the Guardia Civil have opened an investigation to determine the cause of death of three people - two men...

Desperate paddle surfer cheats death by clinging onto a buoy off Spain’s Costa Blanca

A paddle surfer clung onto a buoy after winds threatened to take her out to sea off Guardamar del Segura. The Dutch woman, 61, was...

Irish tourist drowns in swimming pool tragedy at Marbella luxury property

THE body of a 24-year-old Irish holiday maker has been found in the swimming pool of a luxury property on the Costa del Sol. The...

40-year-old Irishman drowns off Costa Blanca beach in Spain’s Alicante

A MAN, confirmed as Irish by local police, drowned whilst swimming off the coast of Alicante at around 5.30pm on Thursday. The man got into...

WATCH: Dramatic footage of drones saving three drowning women on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DRAMATIC footage of drones saving women from drowning on Costa Blanca beaches has been released. Both flying robots were launched from the shore, with life-jackets...

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