Mike Clayton’s warning after two 4WDs pulled from ocean at Teewah Beach

The Father’s Day weekend of two 4WD owners turned into a nightmare when both vehicles became bogged and swamped by waves at Teewah Beach. Watch the video:

The drivers of two vehicles had a lucky escape on the weekend after they both became bogged in the soft sand of Teewah Beach and had to watch as their 4WDs were engulfed by waves.

Clayton’s Towing owner Mike Clayton said one of the cars became stuck in the soft sand at the river mouth right before high tide.

“They got some rope and tried to get it out, but the second car ended up getting stuck as well and the tide was coming in and so they went under,” Mr Clayton said.

“They had to spend the night out there because the barge had shut.”

Mr Clayton said both drivers escaped unharmed, but their cars weren’t so lucky.

“The cars are not recoverable, they will be write-offs, once you get in the tide they’re stuffed,” he said.

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Two 4WDs were pulled out of the water at Teewah Beach after being submerged on the weekend. Pictures: Clayton's Towing

“The salt gets into everything and just rusts everything away, all the electrics.”

Mr Clayton said they came on Sunday (September 5) morning and Big Bertha pulled both the cars from the waves.

Two 4WDs were pulled out of the water at Teewah Beach after being swamped on the weekend. Pictures: Clayton's Towing

The cars were not the first to fall victim to the soft sand of Teewah and Noosa North Shore, with Mr Clayton saying they see “a lot” of 4WDs bogged.

“It’s just when you get bogged at high tide time it becomes more difficult if you can't get help,” he said.

Mr Clayton said the river mouth section of the beach did not see much traffic, which didn’t help the rescue process.

“Usually people help each other but because it is quite remote, once they were stuck they were stuck there,” he said.

Mr Clayton warned 4WD users to take this mistake as a lesson to be more observant of the tide times.

“A lot of the sand is hard enough but at the river mouth there it can be soft so you’ve just got to take caution of where you are at the time of night and watch the tide,” he said.

“It was unlucky for them ... they’ve just made an error.”