Waves sweep 2 off beaches – officials fear the worst
Waves swept two people off Northern California beaches Saturday, and authorities said their chances of survival are slim.
In northern Sonoma County, a woman trying to help her dog out of the rough surf was pulled in around 11:30 a.m., witnesses at a nearby lodge told police. Boats and helicopters from county, state and federal agencies searched the ocean and shoreline around Gualala Point Regional Park but could not locate her, said Lt. Scott Dunn of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for a man who was swept off the rocks at the beach at Limekiln State Park south of Big Sur shortly after midnight early Saturday. The missing person is 27-year-old Christopher Partridge, said Petty Officer Jonathan Cilley, spokesman for the Coast Guard. Crews stopped looking for him around noon.
