Miami Beach

A man who disappeared while swimming in Miami Beach has been found on shore

By Michelle Marchante and Devoun Cetoute
USCGSoutheast

The search for a lost swimmer near Miami Beach was called off after he was found on land Tuesday afternoon.

Just after 3:46 p.m., Miguel Angel Mondragon Raya was found by Miami-Dade police on land and not in danger, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Earlier in the day, Coast Guard crews were searching for Raya after he was reported missing. Authorities said he was last seen swimming near Seventh Street and Ocean drive.

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This story was originally published April 20, 2021 at 10:23 AM.

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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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