It's been a busy couple of days for the SFPD and Fire Department’s marine units, as two people fell into the water at Pier 32 Saturday and only one of them has been found, and then on Monday, crews had to rescue a surfer in distress near Fort Point.
Crews for the SFPD and SFFD are still working on a rescue mission from Saturday, and they were confronted with another need for a rescue Monday morning. Bay City News reports that one person was rescued but another is still missing after those two individuals fell into the Bay between Piers 28 and 32 on Saturday. Meanwhile, KPIX has the story of a surfer in distress who had to be rescued Monday morning when their surfboard was smashed by waves.
BAY RESCUE - 02/15/2025 at 2220 hours, Pier 32.
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 16, 2025
SFFD and SFPD units responded out to Pier 32 for reports of 2 persons that fell into the water. @SFPD and #yoursffd were able to locate and rescue 1 person from the water. That person was transported by ambulance to the… pic.twitter.com/iM8wvPluid
The incident where two people fell into the bay happened just before 10:20 am Saturday morning. Though as seen above, that rescue attempt went well into Saturday night. One person, reportedly a woman, was rescued pretty quickly and hospitalized. But the other male was not found, and the search continued with “boats, thermal imaging cameras, drones, and powerful flood lights,” according to the Fire Department.
UPDATED INFORMATION TO THIS POST https://t.co/0ER8oZXO1D pic.twitter.com/SYF5EKJSfb
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 17, 2025
That search was called off at round 11:20 pm Saturday night because of lighting and weather conditions. The search resumed a little before 6 am Sunday morning, but was temporarily suspended again around noon Sunday. According to Bay City News, “No further information about this rescue operation is being released at this time.”
SURF RESCUE FORT POINT
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 17, 2025
SURFER IN DISTRESS- YELLOW SURFBOARD BROKEN IN HALF - SFFD AND SFPD RESCUE BOATS ON SCENE pic.twitter.com/A0AxUDD2aU
More mayhem came Monday morning, when both departments’ boats were called in on a report that a surfer was in distress off Fort Point. That surfer’s board had apparently been busted up by the waves (as seen below), and the rescue call came in just before 11 am Monday.
UPDATE
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 17, 2025
San Francisco Fire Department rescue crews, along with the assistance of the San Francisco Police Department rescue boats, were able to safely rescue one surfer out of the water.
This adult surfer confronted an aggressive wave, causing the surfer's surfboard to break in… https://t.co/TE5ulx2EI6 pic.twitter.com/JVsu2IIU8r
The surfer was helped back to the shore thanks to department rescue boats, watercraft, and shore-deployed swimmers. The surfer did not need medical attention.
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Image: @SFFDPIO via Twitter