Edhat Staff
On Monday night, a man caught in a high tide below Shoreline Park was saved thanks to the swift actions of the Santa Barbara City Fire Department and the Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol.
The rescue operation was launched around 7:21 p.m. after emergency services were alerted to a potential cliff rescue on the 1400 block of Shoreline Drive. Responding units included two engine companies, a truck company, a battalion chief, AMR, and the Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol.
The victim, a 64-year-old doctor from Irvine, was reported missing by a friend, a German tourist, who managed to scale the cliff at Shoreline Park to raise the alarm. The duo had been walking along the beach when they were separated by the rapidly rising tide.
Rescue efforts involved a coordinated search on the beach by rescue swimmers and an extensive search of the waters by the Harbor Patrol. Adding to the high-tech search efforts, Santa Barbara Police Officers deployed a drone to broaden the search area.
Approximately an hour into the search, the man was found stranded on a rock west of 1000 steps. Harbor Patrol rescue swimmers reached him and assisted him onto their boat, ensuring his safe return to the patrol dock.
Despite the ordeal, the rescued tourist did not require medical treatment.
This incident serves as a stark reminder of the unpredictable nature of the sea, particularly during conditions of extreme high tide. The successful rescue underscores the importance of caution and awareness while enjoying Santa Barbara’s beautiful coastal areas.
How was rescue approved without a 3/10 pain level? Sorry, couldn’t help it 😀
The great thing about tides is they rise and fall predictably. Unless someone is injured or immanent danger, Let them sit on the rock for a couple hours then walk out.
Yeah, just leave a cold, wet tourist on the rock for a few hours at night. You should call the Harbor Patrol and suggest that be their new policy.
So some old person gets stuck and you think that they should not receive any assistance but should perch on a rock, which may or may not be available to them as some of our beaches run up against very vertical faces, and hopefully they don’t get knocked off and break something and drown, and hopefully they don’t suffer from exposure and go into shock, and hopefully they don’t end up with pneumonia–why again?
Because people who make a mistake should SUFFER!
Nice.
More intelligence and compassion from the right.
You mistake me as being from the right. Self sufficient and aware should be for everybody.
No different than a hiker going on a hike without a flashlight. Unless they are injured or in imminent danger they can take a nap and walk out in the morning.. Most times these people may be uncomfortable for a few hours but wont die. Self sufficiency and awareness should be for goal everybody.
Uh-huh “most times” these people won’t die.
And you would rather put an old person at risk of death than have Harbor Patrol or Search and Rescue do their jobs and burn a couple hours of time.
The assumptions that you make about the scenario are ridiculous.
So you’re voting for Kamala! That’s actually pretty cool to hear!
You and BASIC should team up and propose this new rescue (well, anti-rescue) policy to our first responders. Make sure to tell the City and County counsel as well. You know, the ones that will be handling all the negligence lawsuits costing us millions (or more). Great idea. Let us know how it works out.
don’t put words in my mouth sacjon. I most definitely wont be voting for either one! What a choice, one had no support and couldn’t make it past the first 2020 debate. the other is there because people were fed up with a political system that is broken. Very embarrassing that they are the best the United States can come up with. I have always spent way more time researching candidates in local elections. That is where our future national leaders are chosen.
Sure sounds like you favor one.
All these people who preach “self-sufficiency” and “bootstraps” seem to be people who were born on second base, yet think they’ve tripled.
They don’t understand civilization, and how much their success and well-being depend on others.
Its ok anonymous. I know who you will be asking when you cant make heads or tales on how to open a can of food
Huh? That was a rather confused and disconnected response.
We don’t see things veer off course like that very much unless we’re looking at what the orange one blurts out.
BTW – What do heads have to do with tales?
While I do think that people should be more responsible, it’s hard to know which people really need rescuing and which could tough it out. And don’t the rescuers actually like doing rescues? It gives them good practice, and it’s nice when it’s a low-stakes situation. Any emergency personnel who can speak to that?