Was it the same failed lone kayaker from 2014?
A man who set out to paddle his kayak from Monterey to Hawaii failed to make it more than a few miles, only to have his kayak overturned in rough seas near Asilomar Beach Tuesday morning.
The 60-year-old unidentified man was unconscious and not breathing as rescuers performed CPR on him at around 7:15 a.m., Cal Fire Battalion Chief Mike Meddles told The Pine Cone.
Like that one? Better headline than man rescued from rocks. And don’t try to get there in your all wheel drive Subaru, either.
The rescue took about 45 minutes at about 5 p.m., according to Pacific Grove Police. Sgt. Jeff Fenton was patrolling the beach front when he was flagged down about an injured person on the rocks off the shoreline in the 1400 block of Ocean View Boulevard. “I got there and did a quick assessment about where he was located on the rocks,” said Fenton. “Then I requested (the fire department) and suggested they bring the ladder truck from one of their special rescues that we’ve done.”
Upon their arrival, police officers assisted Monterey Fire and American Medical Response by helping to hoist the 54-year-old man in and up from the rocks using ropes and pulleys. The man, who is from New York, was then transported to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
Point Pinos Pedestrian Plucked From Perilous Perch
With the possibility of a hobbled Coast Guard on the Central Coast, local entities that have relied on the guard in the past may have to adjust their expectations.
“We utilize them but not on a routine basis,” said Sean James, the public safety superintendent for the California State Parks’ Monterey District.
“Monterey or Pacific Grove might put in a request where the Coast Guard is not available to respond,” said James.
There might be times when the State Parks’ rescue swimmers would be called in because a Coast Guard boat was not available. Water rescues in the Cannery Row, Point Pinos and Moss Landing areas benefit from the presence of the guard close by.
One still missing.
The female body recovered Wednesday near Bird Rock may have been one of the two people who were swept into the ocean on Saturday in that same vicinity, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.
According to published reports, one person was swept off the rocks and a second apparently went in to rescue the first near Bird Rock at 17 Mile Drive and Bird Rock Road in Pebble Beach on Saturday.
Rough seas and big waves are best witness from the shore.
One person was swept off rocks into the surf and another is missing after apparently going into the water to rescue the first person, near Bird Rock on Saturday morning.
Tim Berget, Cal Fire San Benito-Monterey Unit information officer, said rescue and law enforcement crews searched for the missing pair for a couple of hours on Saturday after the initial call came in about 9:50 a.m. Berget said the incident occurred near Bird Rock, at 17 Mile Drive and Bird Rock Road.
Fish kicked three fishing buddies butts.
The three men, who were not injured, fell from the dinghy after failing to navigate the beach’s rocky outcrop, said Suzanne Guzzi, a schoolteacher from Modesto who witnessed the accident. The passengers were not identified.
The men managed to carry their fishing gear ashore, though the boat remained in the water, bobbing upside down, hooked on a rock about 11 a.m. The Pacific Grove Police Department responded to the call, and was followed by the Monterey Fire Department.
Check the gas tank before setting out.
Stephen Tregea found himself in cold, roiling water off the Pebble Beach shoreline Wednesday after his boat ran out of fuel, capsized and broke apart n the surf. Wearing a life vest, the 47-year-old made it to shore near Bird Rock on his own but was taken to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for treatment of hypothermia, according to authorities.
“He was just out there fishing, and then he ran out of fuel, and his boat capsized,” said Cal Fire firefighter Brandon Phillips, who responded to the emergency call at around 1:30 p.m. April 6 with the crew from he Pebble Beach fire station.
Lets go fishing off the coast in a 15 foot boat! Twenty foot high waves were crashing. Huh?
I sure hope these two get a full bill from the state for the cost of their stupidity.
Two fishermen were rescued Sunday morning after their boat capsized in rough waters off Asilomar Point.
One of the fishermen was injured as he was trying to get back to shore and was taken to a hospital; the other fisherman was treated on the scene.
The operator of a rubber boat that capsized off the Pacific Grove shoreline was rescued by the Coast Guard Sunday morning.
Coast Guardmen said they were called to the waters off Ocean View Boulevard and Coral Street and a rescue boat crew found the man tangled in kelp clinging to his rubber boat that had overturned about 200 yards offshore.
“Justin William Linn was last seen on Tuesday morning by a family member and has not been heard from since,” said police Sgt. D.C White. “Linn is extremely depressed and has expressed the intention to end his life.”
Police said Linn is about 5-feet 9-inches tall, weighs 155 pounds, with short blond hair and blue eyes.
He drives a Silver 2003 Subaru Legacy with tinted windows and a surfboard inside the vehicle.
He is an avid surfer and often travels up and down the coast to surf.
Police are asking the public for help in finding Linn. Anyone with information should call their local police department, the California Highway Patrol or the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.