Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the beach <\/a>to rescue two young women, later identified as 21-year-old Harshita Nair and 20-year-old Mahial Sran, both of Fremont, according to FOX News Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n WHAT IS A KING TIDE OR PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE?<\/a><\/p>\n A multi-agency rescue occurred in California, including CAL FIRE CZU, Alma Helitack Copter 614, CA State Lifeguard Rescue Swimmers, Santa Cruz City Rescue Swimmers.\u00a0<\/p>\n (CAL FIRE CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n Authorities said the two friends were believed to have been sleeping near the “Keyhole,” which is a natural archway used to access Yellow Bank Beach<\/a>, when incoming tides caught them off guard and pulled them into the water, FOX News Digital reported.<\/p>\n About eight rescuers jumped in to rescue the women \u2014 both of whom were rushed to hospitals where they later died, officials said.<\/p>\n RIP CURRENTS: WHAT ARE THEY, HOW TO SPOT THEM AND HOW TO SAVE YOURSELF FROM ONE<\/a><\/p>\n “What we’re also seeing is that people go through the keyhole to get to Yellow Bank Beach, and then they get trapped on Yellow Bank Beach because of the tides,” Santa Cruz County Volunteer Capt. Kyle Breton said in a video posted to social media.<\/p>\n California law enforcement agencies rescued two individuals after being swept into the ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n (CAL FIRE CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n Emergency crews said they located one woman down the shoreline where she was airlifted to Yellow Bank Beach<\/a> before being taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the other woman was brought to Panther Beach<\/a>, where they were carried in a stoke basket to an awaiting ambulance and transported to a local hospital.<\/p>\n 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL SWEPT INTO OCEAN BY ROUGH SURF HAS DIED AT POPULAR CALIFORNIA BEACH<\/a><\/p>\n FOX News Digital reports that Nair was a legal studies major at the University of California, Berkeley,<\/a> while Sran studied public health<\/a> at San Jos\u00e9 State University.<\/p>\n According to the CALFIRE CZU San Mateo\u2013Santa Cruz Unit, This was the fifth water rescue the agency has performed this past month along the one-mile stretch of coastline between Yellow Bank Beach and Bonny Doon Beach.<\/p>\n (CAL FIRE CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n Both women graduated from Fremont’s Washington High School in 2023 and were expected to complete their degrees in 2027.<\/p>\n The tragedy happened along a notoriously hazardous stretch of coastline known for steep surf, strong currents and so-called sneaker waves<\/a> that can surge far beyond the waterline with little warning, according to FOX News Digital.<\/p>\n 18-YEAR-OLD DIES OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS WHILE HIKING ON POPULAR TRAIL IN GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK<\/a><\/p>\n According to the CALFIRE CZU San Mateo\u2013Santa Cruz Uni<\/a>t, this was the fifth water rescue<\/a> the agency has performed this past month along the one-mile stretch of coastline between Yellow Bank Beach and Bonny Doon Beach.<\/p>\n Numerous California law enforcement agencies responded to the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n (CAL FIRE CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n The dangerous water conditions were driven by a southern swell, according to the National Weather Service. This has triggered high surf events affecting both Orange<\/a> and Los Angeles<\/a> counties.<\/p>\n HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning<\/a> after they said they responded to an increased number of water rescues over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/720282825_18114287239877238_2402415709920663569_n.jpg\")
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