Helicopter Rescues Six Malibu Kayakers After High Winds Blow Them Mile Out To Sea
 

Check the forecast before you go out. The red flag warning was in effect two days ago and won't die down until Tuesday.

http://www.smmirror.com/articles/New...t-To-Sea/41848

Helicopter Rescues Six Malibu Kayakers After High Winds Blow Them Mile Out To Sea

Six kayakers were blown a mile out to sea, and rescued by squid fishing boat crews, as 50 mile per hour Santa Ana winds cropped up suddenly in Malibu today.
Sustained winds of 47 miles per hour, and a gust of 81 mph, were recorded in the hills above Malibu today, as the six kayakers were blown south.
A large fleet of squid-fishing boats from Port Hueneme has been clustered near Point Mugu, taking advantage of ocean currents that concentrate squid there.
At least two of the kayaks were snared by the squid fleet to prevent them from being blown further out to sea. Lifeguards then used “Jetski”-type watercraft to tow the kayaks back to shore.
The rescue was a joint operation of lifeguards from Vednturas and Los Angeles counties, and California State Parks.
Paramedics examined the kayakers at Countyline Beach and pronounced them fine. Lifeguards said the people had been fishing just west of the Los Angeles-Ventura county line.
Winds had been calm in western Malibu at 7 a.m., but were blowing at up to 50 miles per hour at Leo Carrillo Beach, straight out to sea, when the rescue occurred at about 9 a.m.
By 11 a.m., winds of 34 mph were observed near Decker Canyon, with gusts out of the northeast of 59 mph.
“When the winds are blowing offshore, it’s a bad time to kayak,” observed L.A. County Lifeguards Capt. Dan Murphy. “Make sure to have a signal device, and a personal flotation device.”
In Malibu, power lines were reported down on Latigo Canyon Road, one mile uphill from Pacific Coast Highway. Traffic was getting through in the area, a deputy said, and no fire was reported.
“Malibu is getting hit right now,” he said, in a hurry.
The hurricane-force, 81 mph wind gust was reported at a Mesonet weather station operated by a homeowner near Saddle Peak, at the 1,500 foot elevation.
It was reported on the National Weather Service website at 10:15 a.m. That was not an official NWS reading, however.
Along the beach, palm fronds, eucalyptus branches and tumbleweeds were observed blowing across PCH at 8 a.m.

Glad everything turned out OK and I hope it wasn't anyone from our community here.... But really?

They should have started trolling some lures.











I'm just kidding.




Glad they're home safe.

I'd welcome any guy involved to give some after action comments. AND it'd be nice if no one razzed 'em on the Forum. Even if it's under the "a friend of mine" caveat . . .

We'd all be better getting the benefit of a lesson learned from guys who were there wanting to go out and pushing it a little . . .

One report noted it was quiet in the a.m., so with a little benefit-of-the-doubt, and with "it could happen to anyone" as a watchword . . . I'd hope the experienced guys here would be kind :)

I get "but really" and I like the trolling lures idea! But, I'd like to hear from those involved.

Like the guy on the LB break wall some time back S$%# happens . . .

Ok...come clean...who was it:questionmark: Had to be some hot dog on this site:D

So there's squid in Malibu?

It was NoT me, I been home with the stomach flu. Someone has video lol!

Yeah it was nasty. Drove by with kids around 10 after canceling morning trip. I'm over the hill from county and wind was nasty. Saw the chaos at the beach and glad I didn't head out either.

That blows!!!

I couldn't agree more.

I don't know why they didn't err on the side of caution

WTF??? BULLSHIT! Nobody was rescued by helicopter. I didnt even see a helicopter. Those guys were picked up by pbers. My fishing partner and I stayed to help account and what color kayaks we saw. Hope there was only 6, because that's all we saw and what we told em. Of course that guy on the news got water splashing over. He was on a little Bayliner. Saw him and his boy on the water, they were fishing. Just couldn't figure why he had a wetsuit on? ? Glad he picked up that one dude. But at the beach he was annoying as hell. Acted like he saved everyone. Of course that's his video he sent the news to look like a superhero. He picked up a solo kayaker, but come on, have a little humility bro, seriously.
Wind was supposed to be in the afternoon, so even the boaters got caught off guard. Wind came in, and everyone on the water bounced, including the 1/2 day boats.

Note to self, radio, pfd, buddy or two, triple check multiple weather sources. Glad everyone made it back ok.

Btw- couple guys lost kayaks, couple lost rods and reels (bunjee everything)!!!!

Glad we made it in early, safe, (not so dry), with all our gear, and even managed a yt!

BTW- squid are spawning over there. My fish had 12 in his belly (freshly eaten ones)!

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Everyone is saying Tuesday will be good weather. Be safe guys!

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"Don't believe, everything you read" ~Tupac Shakur~

"A man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but the newspaper" ~Thomas Jefferson~

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Wasn't me. Decided to hit cabrillo instead, and only stayed inside the harbor. Nice light breeze all morning but nothing crazy like it was up there. Glad I stayed local.

My first time in Cabrillo I launched beach side, fished the kelp. Then I got the crazy idea of going around the wall to fish inside. Wind picked up, and kid you not, took me almost two hours to paddle to the beach from the end of the wall. That was the day I learned why most those kayakers were off by noon.

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Glad they're all OK. I went out Saturday because when I read the forecast for Sunday I turned into a...

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Trolling!!
 

ROF LOL

I'm sorry but some of the comments on here are priceless.

I'm glad it all worked out fine.

Hmm....let me see...

Might be a guy that frequents Malibu that hasn't checked in on this thread yet...Also who has a minimum of 6 kayakers in orbit around his kayak at all times....Let me guess...

TJONES....:eek:

Winds were howling at my place late saturday night/early sunday morning. Figured that was a bad sign, as that was the case last weekend when another kayaker got blown off of County.

Gotta love that news link though. My critical reading skills deduce that the Lifeguards now have some form of hybrid helicopter/squid boat/jetski type watercraft at their disposal for rescuing kayakers. Makes me feel much more safe when paddling out.

Silbaugh, glad you got your YT and came outta there unscathed. And yes, the fish are definitely fattened up on squid right now. Might as well freeze all that and save it for bait next time. haha.

Winds looking to die down later this week. Anyone interested in going out Thursday or Friday morning?

Damn, I so want to go back, and get more than an hour of fishing, but have too many family plans this weekend.

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In and out before 10am. You can do it 😜

We know squid is spawning, and their munching on em big time! Some dude hooked up on the frozen squid with a dropper loop. Mine hit the jig near the bottom. Crazy that neither of us saw anything on the ff!

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Sounds tempting, what time you launching?

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Probably between 6:30-7.

Conditions Friday look better with almost no wind an sets less than 1' @ 13 sec intervals.

Thursday's not too bad either with 1' @ 11 sec intervals, a little windier though at 8mph SW

Nice! Heard they're on like clock work for breakfast! 6:45-8am

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Honestly never stayed at CL more than a few hours. Usually I'm back on the road by 10am. Bite shuts down really quick there, well then again I've never fished for YT there in the past.

Its true usally at 10am everyone off the water.

Hmmmmm, off by 10????

I think he meant Cabrillo. Last time I was there, they left at 11. I stayed on a little longer, but only got one rockfish early, and fought the wind back, wishing I left at 11! That was months ago though.

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I wasn't clear in my post. County line, off the water by 10? Tempting

Well shit, if it's wide open until 8, then shuts off, no sense in staying past 10 unless you didn't get one!

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Wasnt me!

Slept through my alarm and missed the county line crew. I ended up fishing Newport...and nearly got blown out to sea! Spent more time paddling than fishing so I called it early.

Was Geocaching out in Malibu area this weekend. Wind was blowing hard enough to knock me down once in mid step. Was hard to walk on the trails getting hit with sand dust and small rocks. We watched the wind blowing out to sea something furious. Someone has to be out of there mind to go kayaking in this weather if they knew about it before hand..

or maybe just enjoy being out on the water

not much fun during santa anna wind storms though
hope everyone is/was ok

Or enjoy not having kids reaking havoc driving you crazy! Or wife piling up the honey do's!

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many moons ago
I was out when a sheer wind hit horizontally to the coast
opp of how the mild wind was blowing at the time
blowing 50 mi plus
luckily I was close to shore
and stayed in my yak
some scary shit

blowing out to sea
forget about it
there was no paddling against that shit

Dumb...
 

My friend lives very close to County Line and this was his text to me on his take of the stupidity...
"i watched it all from the beach...the wind was light until 730 ..then wham!!! 2 (newbies) guys were blown out of thier yaks ..1 guy (seasoned yaker) made it back only to be told he had to abdonon his kayak a few hundred yards from shore and get on jet ski..he paddled 2 hours in wind...had to leave his yak gear and fish ..to the wind..the worst part of the story was that the party boats did nothing to help the guys when the wind came up..."

Come-on guys...check the weather...red flag warnings are always dangerous and bad news up in the Malibu area...being a newbie isn't an excuse for a lack of common sense.

I guess things have changed...in the past if a kayaker (somebody like Jim Day) mentioned a hot bite in Malibu...they were threatened or their vehicle was vandalized...this bite has been going on for about a month and every once in a while a newbie will catch wind of it and make a big deal and blow it up so every knucklehead on the coast wants to "get together to catch their first YELLOWTAIL". There's a lot to be said for the guys that just go catch their fish and eat it without all the BS.
Please ere on the side of safety...just cuz it's your only day off doesn't mean that you have to risk your life for a fish and chum the boards until everyone wants to fish there.
I wonder where that kayak ended up...Santa Cruz Island or San Nick?

Right Jim, like I said in another post....all BS aside, County is one dangerous place to go fishing sometimes. If you are a newbie reading about the fish being caught in Malibu....and think you can do it... I'd seriously ask you to reconsider. I would say, get some surf launching experience, self rescue, and a marine radio and know how to use it.

Even experienced kayakers can get into trouble out there....

Oh yeah not to mention the Great Whites that cruise that area.....:eek: !

Fear not: for there are more with us than with them.



Website to look at:
NOAA
Magic Seaweed
Surfline

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