A Coast Guard helicopter crew plucked to safety an exhausted surfer who was being swept into the rocks near Moonstone Beach by high surf around 2 p.m. Sunday. The 20-year-old Humboldt State University student was flown to the Arcata-Eureka airport in McKinleyville, where he was evaluated by emergency medical personnel and released. According to the […]
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Friends Offer Remembrances, Set up Memorial Fund for Local Surfer
Well-known local surfer David “Big Wave Dave” Hargrave died Monday after apparently suffering a medical issue while out on the waves, according to posts from his friends and his daughter. Fellow surfers went to his aid in the water off the North Jetty after he was seen floating face down and the U.S. Coast Guard […]
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Off-Duty Civilian Coastie Rescues Surfer
An off-duty Coast Guard civilian employee helped rescue a surfer who’d lost his surfboard and was in distress this morning. According to a press release, Steven Bluntzer, a Sector Humboldt Bay civilian search and rescue controller who also happens to surf, saw an individual in distress, instructed bystanders to call 911 and headed in to […]