Angler Missing off Bukit Asah Beach in Karangasem Found Dead

I Kadek Agus Mahendra, 21, an angler from Klungkung who went missing in the waters off Bukit Asah Beach in Bugbug Village, Karangasem, Bali, was found dead on Thursday (29 October 2026). Agus had gone missing after falling into the sea.

I Putu Handika Bhayangkara, coordinator of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) post in Karangasem, said the body was found at around 7.35am local time. It was located about two nautical miles west of the point where Agus fell, in waters south of Biaha Island, Bugbug Village.

“The body was first found by a local fisherman, and we immediately carried out the evacuation,” Bhayangkara said on Thursday (29 October 2026).

After the body was brought ashore, the family identified it and confirmed that it was the angler who had gone missing off Bukit Asah Beach.

“At the family’s request, we took the body straight to Klungkung Regional Hospital,” Bhayangkara said.

The day before the body was found, the family had held a pakelem ceremony at Bukit Asah Beach, hoping Agus would be found, whatever his condition.

The young man from Klungkung, Bali, went missing while fishing in the Bukit Asah Beach area of Bugbug Village, Karangasem, on Sunday (25 October 2026). He reportedly slipped and fell into the sea.

The incident is believed to have happened at around 9.30am local time. Agus was fishing on the rocks with two friends when he suddenly slipped and fell into the sea, where he was swept away by the current and drowned.

After witnessing the incident, his two friends sought help from local residents and called in a joint search-and-rescue team to locate him.