I live in this general Area and people on rocks are often swept off by rogue waves. They were happening when I last went to the beach before I went to Mt. Shasta about 2 weeks ago now. So, watch carefully where the sand is wet from waves not where waves are breaking right now because it is usually every 7th big Wave during a storm or winds out to sea that is a rogue wave. So, if you are not familiar what an ocean can do and are someone who lives inland away from the oceans you might die if you don't know enough.
I myself have almost been washed into the ocean many times with my dogs over the years when I wasn't looking even one moment while walking my dogs and have had water up to my waist during a rogue wave more than once and had to rescue one or more of my dogs who usually have legs much shorter than my 6 foot 5 height. So, stay back from the pacific ocean right now because it looks like it is doing it again or hasn't stopped the last 2 weeks. or something weird is going on out to sea or something.
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Two beachgoers die after they’re swept to sea off Northern California
Two beachgoers die after they’re swept to sea off Northern California
Two women died after they were “caught off guard” and swept to sea during their visit to a Northern California beach, officials said Tuesday.
They were swept away about 5 p.m. Wednesday near Yellow Bank Beach just north of Santa Cruz, fire officials said.
Eight rescue swimmers were dispatched and found the women and returned them to shore, officials said. The women were taken to Dominican Hospital, where they died, officials said.
“It is unclear what they were doing when they were swept into the ocean,” Cal Fire spokesperson Michael Horn said in a statement. “What we do know is they were caught off guard.”
Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, both from the nearby San Francisco Bay Area city of Fremont, died after they were “unexpectedly washed out” to sea, according to Santa Cruz County sheriff’s spokesperson Ashley Keehn.
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Horn said the deaths should be a reminder to beachgoers to avoid turning their backs to the ocean and a warning that if “the sand is wet, waves have been there recently and will return at any time.”
“Always check a local tide chart before visiting beaches,” he said. “If the tide is rising, do not put yourself in a position where your only exit path can be cut off by water.”
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