Family on paddle boards blown offshore at Bear Lake

Heard on: Rich County Sheriff, Fire, EMS and SAR

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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just got a call from a concerned mother.

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Her husband and two kids have been blown out from the free beach just north of the Bear Lake rest stop.

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They all have life jackets on, but it doesn't look like they're able to get back to shore.

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They're being blown eastward.

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Copy. Can you repeat what beach they're on,

00:30

please?

00:32

They're on the free beach just north of the rest area on the west side of the lake, but they're getting blown to the east.

00:42

Copy for rest area.

00:47

Affirmative.

00:49

They'll be on two paddle boards.

00:51

One is orange and pink, and the other is blue and white.

01:01

Copy. Two paddle boards, orange and pink, and blue and white.

01:04

And how many people on board?

01:07

There are three people.

01:09

An adult male wearing a blue life jacket,

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a (number withheld)-year-old boy wearing a blue life jacket, and an (number withheld)-year-old girl wearing a purple life jacket.

01:24

Copy. We will be 10-17 from the marina.

01:30

Copy. 1323.

2026-09-07 12:22 UTC

Water Rescue

N Bear Lake Blvd, Laketown, UT 84038

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a report of a husband and two children on two paddle boards who were blown out from a beach near the Bear Lake rest area and could not get back to shore. All three reportedly had life jackets on and were drifting eastward on the lake. A responding unit indicated it would depart from the marina to assist.