Chase Hunter, a senior lifeguard with Flagler Beach Ocean Rescue, said he initially didn't think a deer was floating out in the waves. Ocean Rescue and the Flagler Beach Fire Department were responding to a call of a deer spotted in the water on the south end of the beach July 6.

Flagler Beach Ocean Rescue and Flagler Beach Fire Departments saved a deer at Flagler Beach. After the rescue, the deer was released in the woods.

A deer stuck in the ocean off Flagler Beach is safe after lifeguards came to the rescue. Lifeguards and first responders believe the deer was in the water for more than an hour before it was rescued. The deer was later released.