- A group of Australian surfers and boat crew got lost at sea for 38 hours after their boat capsized.
- The surfers and two Indonesian boat workers were rescued on Tuesday.
An Australian surfer says he is "so stoked to be alive" after his group got lost at sea for 38 hours off the coast of Indonesia following a capsize in which one crew member from the group's boat is still missing.
Four Australian surfers and three local boat workers went missing on Sunday after their boat capsized off the Sumatran coast of Indonesia, CNN reported.
After 38 hours spent drifting on their surfboards in the middle of the ocean, rescuers found the Australians and two unnamed Indonesian crew members on Tuesday, according to CNN.
A video of the rescue posted by CNN shows the surfers and their saviors cheering for joy as they find each other in the ocean.
Surfer Will Teagle said in a video shared with CNN that he was "so stoked to be alive."
The group had been traveling to a remote island and popular surf spot when a storm rolled in, throwing everyone into the water, one survivor's father told The Guardian.
"They all grabbed flotation devices and surfboards, and they were huddling together," Peter Foote, Elliot Foote's father, told The Guardian.
Peter Foote told The Guardian that his son had paddled away from the group to find help on an island he thought was nearby, but he ended up getting stranded on his own away from his friends.
"He was petrified. He was drifting on a surfboard on his own for a day-and-a-half, and it broke my heart to hear how scared he was," Peter Foote told the outlet. "At night, he was drifting all alone in an ocean, and it's jet black."
Rescuers are still searching for the last missing crew member, whose name has not been released, CNN reported.
"It's hard to think about. We just hope the best for him, his family and friends, and his village," Elliot Foote said in the video viewed by CNN.
Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency did not immediately respond to Insider's request for an update on the search for the missing crew member.