Nine people and a dog were rescued unharmed in back-to-back incidents during windy and high-surf conditions Sunday on Tomales Bay, the Marin County Fire Department said.
The first incident occurred at about 11:30 a.m., when five kayakers and a dog were dumped into the water from 4-foot waves off Sacramento Landing, at about the midpoint of Tomales Bay’s western shore, according to fire Battalion Chief Bret McTigue.
The fire department and the National Park Service sent boats to retrieve the victims. They were taken to the east side of the bay to Nick’s Cove, treated for hypothermia and released.
“The folks at Nick’s Cove opened a hotel room, got them hot showers and supplied them with clothing,” McTigue said.
Meanwhile, a 14-foot aluminum boat capsized nearby with five people aboard. The fire department and National Park Service boat crews found the victims with the help of a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew.
The five boaters were plucked from the bay, treated for hypothermia and released. —— (c)2015 The Marin Independent Journal (Novato, Calif.) Visit The Marin Independent Journal (Novato, Calif.) at www.marinij.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. AMX-2015-11-16T00:01:00-05:00