The man was pulled from the water on Monday by another bather at the beach in Cala Capitan on the Orihuela coast
The man was pulled from the water on Monday by another bather “who saw him at the bottom of the sea” at the beach in Cala Capitan on the Orihuela coast, according to local reports.
The English-language news site, The Leader, reports that CICU (Emergency Information and Coordination Centre) was alerted at 5pm that a swimmer had been pulled out of the water unconscious at Capitan cove.
“A SAMU (Medical Emergency Regulation Centres) unit performed advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation, among other advanced life support techniques,” the news site reported. “However, there was no response, and they could only confirm his death.
“An autopsy will reveal the causes of the man’s drowning.”
According to local media, the Irishman’s death is the fourth in the last three days as another man was airlifted to hospital after he was pulled from the sea in nearby Benidorm.
There was the further death of an 81-year-old Belgian male in Calp who “began to feel unwell” while swimming at 3pm on Monday on Arenal-Bol beach.
The man, who was unable to get to the shore, was unconscious when CICU was alerted.
A SAMU unit and a Basic Vital Support (SVB) ambulance attended the scene where medics performed advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other stabilisation techniques on the bather, “but there was no response, and he was confirmed dead at the scene”, local reports reveal.
Last Saturday, a 48-year-old man died in Benissa and on Monday another 50-year-old lost his life on the beach of La Marina in Elche.
Another three bathers have died on the beaches of Orihuela Costa, Calp and Torrevieja in recent weeks.
Last week another Irish tourist died in a suspected drowning on Spain’s Costa Dorada.
The 72-year-old was rescued unconscious from the water shortly after midday on May 29 and attempts made to save his life at the scene by emergency responders.
But police and paramedics were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead just before 1pm.
The tragedy happened at a beach called La Pedrera near the resort town of Salou a short drive south of the east coast city of Tarragona.
The dead man’s identity is understood to have become apparent later in the day when his wife told receptionists at the hotel where they were staying he had gone missing and she was unable to reach him.
Staff contacted an emergency services coordination centre who told them about the earlier incident and enabled officials to determine the holidaymaker who lost his life was the Irish tourist.
The hotel where the couple were staying has been named locally as the four-star Golden Donaire Beach Hotel in La Pineda near to where the tragedy occurred.
The unnamed Irish holidaymaker is the fourth drowning victim so far this year in the province of Tarragona.
A teenager died on March 28 during Storm Nelson in Tarragona, a 15-minute drive from the scene of the tragedy, along with a 30-year-old German man who saw him in difficulties and tried to rescue him.
On April 21, a 57-year-old Irish tourist died during a visit to a famous Algarve tourist attraction.
The 57-year-old is said to have gone into cardiac arrest after taking a dip at the Benagil Sea Cave, near the popular resort of Lagoa.
Police and paramedics were called just before 3pm after he was taken to dry land on a boat.
Emergency responders attempted to save his life but were unable to do so and he was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
Family members understood to have been with him at the time received psychological support.
On April 20.an Irish tourist drowned on the Algarve in front of his partner.
The 52-year-old got into difficulties at Inatel beach in Albufeira, next to the hotel complex that gives it its name.
The alarm was raised just before 1pm local time.
Two Portuguese locals jumped into the sea to try to help but also got into difficulties. They were rescued alive by lifeguards but the Irish tourist couldn’t be saved.
Police said at the time his partner, who was on the beach, was being supported by psychologists after the traumatic experience.
