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This photo released by San Diego Fire-Rescue shows owner Alexis reuniting with Sadie, a black Labrador retriever-mix, after Sadie was rescued from the water near Mission Beach, San Diego, Nov. 23, 2025. (San Diego Fire-Rescue via AP)

Lifeguards rescue dog swept out to sea by rip current off San Diego coast

A pup that was swept out to sea by a rip current must be feeling doggone lucky after her unlikely rescue off the San Diego coast. The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department says in a social media post that Sadie stole away from a home where her owners were staying last month. Officials say that while her owners tracked the black Labrador retriever-mix down the coast using an Airtag on her collar, surfers in Ocean Beach alerted lifeguards that a dog had been swept into the rip current near the jetty. After being told the search would only last 10 more minutes, a lifeguard spotted Sadie and she was rescued. Her owners say they’re forever grateful.

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