A tourist was hit by a massive wave and dragged into the sea while taking photos.
Roni Josua Simanjuntak is missing, feared dead, after being swallowed up on the rocks.
The 20-year-old was swept out to sea at around 8.30am on Sunday (13 Oct).
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He was with 15 friends when tragedy struck.
One of them them filmed as he was standing close to the edge as a huge wave suddenly hit the rocks, sending seawater high into the air.
Meanwhile, his pals posed for snaps at a safer distance.
Roni is seen being dragged out to sea while at least one friend is knocked off the rocks and into the water.
Onlookers are heard laughing before noticing that Roni has disappeared from view.
As of today (16 Oct), the young man still remains missing.
The authorities said they will continue searching for him for a total of seven days.
They believe it is unlikely he survived in the choppy sea.
He went missing at Kedung Tumpang Beach in East Java, located next to the Indonesian island of Bali.
Roni, who originally comes from Medan in North Sumatra, is a student at the English Village in the town of Pare in East Java.
That morning, he visited the coast with 15 fellow English students.
The water was initially calm and some students even enjoyed a swim.
However, the sea began to swell minutes later while several students were posing for snaps on the rocks.
Since Roni’s disappearance, the massive waves have been complicating the search operation, as reported by Need To Know.
A spokesperson for the National Search and Rescue Agency said: “The waves have been between 6.5 and 14 feet (two and four metres) in height, creating a huge obstacle for our team.”
The search continues.
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