Teen swimming in rising California waters gets stuck in mud in edge of your seat video

Frightening footage shows the moment a teen found himself stuck in some beach mud as the tide rolled in.

It happened near the Encinal Boat Ramp in Alameda on June 26, and the clip shows the youngster almost fully submerged by the time officials came around.

It then shows the frantic effort to rescue him, administered by a coalition of police officers and firefighters.

They are filmed finally freeing him after using 'a variety of methods,' before removing him from the water as levels continued to live. 

The incident occurred just after 12pm, officials said, and the victim has since been brought to a local hospital for observation. He has not been named. Fire officials recalled the scare in a subsequent post to social media.

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'The Alameda Fire Department responded to the report of a teenager stuck in the mud adjacent to the Encinal Boat ramp just after 12:00 PM on 6-26-2024,' the statement to the fire department's Instagram profile read.

Published just hours later, it added how Alameda Police (APD) officers were first on the scene to initiate the rescue.

'Upon arrival, it was determined that the victim was significantly stuck in the mud with a rising tide,' the bulletin went on.

'AFD and APD worked together to affect the rescue of the victim using a variety of methods. 

'The victim was removed from the water and transported to the hospital for observational purposes.'

The statement did not provide any more detail, but the accompanying video showing the actual rescue told most of the tale.

Just a few seconds long, it shows a team of at least six people successfully prying the boy from his underwater prison.

One of the rescuers is seen almost entirely submerged as well, upside-down with his feet sticking out of the water as he presumably worked to loosen the mud's grip.

Four others, meanwhile, were seen surrounding the swimmer, somehow keeping his head above water as the tide continued to come in high.

While his face is censored, he appears to be gasping for air and exhausted - suggesting it was filmed at least a few minutes into the crisis.

It remains unclear how long the teen was actually stuck, but as one commenter observed, the rescue was much-needed. 

'Looks like you saved him just in time,' the onlooker wrote.

DailyMail.com has reached out to the Alameda Fire Department for more information about the incident.