An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who ran into a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California

Rower rescued off Queensland coast after being caught in tropical cyclone - Rower had set out to cross the Pacific Ocean without stopping

Aurimas Mockus was attempting to row from San Diego to Brisbane when he was caught in the path of the category one system off the Queensland coast.

An Australian navy vessel plucked long-distance rower Aurimas Mockus from the Coral Sea, where Tropical Cyclone Alfred was whipping up 100-kilometer per hour winds and seven-meter swells

Aurimas Mockus had been adrift for three days off the coast of Queensland after rowing nonstop from San Diego.