High temps, high surf and high tide collided in a flurry of water rescues around noon Wednesday.
State Parks rescue swimmers bring a surfer to safety Wednesday after pulling him out of the powerful swell. Rescue swimmers were kept busy with multiple surf rescues during the day.
Nearby, cliff spectators nearly outnumbered surfers taking their chances against monster waves in the distance. The day was the first of a projected minor two-day heat wave, where coastal Bay Area and Central Coast areas were forecast to see daytime temperatures in the upper 80s to mid-90s through Thursday.
“Most people can’t negotiate getting out of the water,” Cullen said of the spike in calls. “It’s the combination of the big surf and the high tide.”Retired senior deputy harbormaster Don Kinnamon, whose last name graces the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor’s newest patrol boat that was visible on the horizon, said he thought surfers needed to study the tides and swell conditions and make better decisions.
Two surfers who later described themselves as beginners from Santa Cruz County could be seen visibly fighting the riptide as they paddled toward the stairway at East Cliff and 36th Avenue and large boulders lining the cliffs. They told the Sentinel that rescue swimmers riding a State Parks’ watercraft were “super supportive” and had approached them and offered assistance, which they refused.
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