Official Report: PEBBLE BEACH / KONA PARADISE Swimmer in Distress
Monday, 2/24/2025 1:24pm
5 HFD apparatus; 14 HFD personnel
HIGH SURF AND ROUGH WATER CONDITIONS
2 SCUBADIVERS (A COUPLE – MALE AND FEMALE) HAD ENTERED THE WATER AND UNDERESTIMATED THE ROUGH SURF – THEY HAD BOTH LOST THEIR MASKS AND THE MAN LOST A FIN – THEY BECAME TIRED AND WERE UNABLE TO MAKE THEIR WAY BACK INTO SHORE. BOTH PARTIES EXTRICATED BY CHOPPER 2 VIA BILLY PUGH NET, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A RESCUE SWIMMER. BOTH PARTIES DENIED ANY EMS SERVICES.
2 INDIVIDUAL HANGING ONTO THERE BUOY WAVING AND ASKING FOR HELP. ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM SHORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAY AT PEBBLE BEACH.
