On Sunday in Santa Cruz, 12 children in sailboats were returning to the Santa Cruz Harbor when a massive set caught them off guard and sent their boats tumbling. Luckily, nearby surfers jumped into action, helping the kids to shore. All of them escaped without injury. Fifteen-year-old photographer Connor Garde was on hand to capture the incredible action and the skilled rescue. The massive waves were caused by the pumping swell currently hitting the California coast, as well as extremely high king tides that are still present in the region.
Elsewhere in the Bay Area, people weren’t so lucky. Also on Sunday, at Pescadero State Beach, a man and a woman were gathering mussels when a sneaker wave washed them into the ocean. A bystander was able to save the man, but the woman was swept further out to sea and went under before firefighters could reach her. And in Marin County at the Point Bonita Lighthouse, a 30-year-old man from San Jose was scrambling on the bluffs when a similar
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A dozen children taking part in a sailing school off the coast of Northern California were rescued Sunday after a massive swell capsized several boats.
A large wave overturned four to five boats at the entrance to Santa Cruz Harbor around 4:30 p.m. and tossed as many as 20 people, including 12 children, into the choppy, frigid water, the Santa Cruz City Fire Department said. The white water just tumbled them and they were just like dominoes flying through the water, witness Anna Ritter told KPIX-TV.
A lifeguard with the fire department arrived on a jet ski within minutes of receiving multiple calls and reported that 12 children were in the water, Battalion Chief Daniel Kline wrote in an incident report.