A missing NCL seafarer has had a miraculous escape after falling from a cruiseship off Cuba and drifting in the sea for 22 hours.

CNN reported that the unnamed 33-year-old plunged from the 146,000-gt Norwegian Getaway (built 2014) 28 miles off Pinar del Rio on Saturday, according to the US Coast Guard (USCG).

A USCG Coast Guard plane searched for him without success.