A multiagency rescue resumed Monday morning, 12 hours after a passerby reported watching a woman disappear in the surf beside the Santa Monica Pier. A man reported to the Santa Monica Harbor Patrol at 8:45 p.m. Sunday that he had seen a woman, likely in her 30s wearing something resembling a swimsuit, clinging to the pier pilings and asking for help. Emergency response teams swarmed the beach, with lifeguards arriving within a minute to search the water from the shore and from the department’s Baywatch Del Rey boat. A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter can be seen circling the area, shining a beam onto the dark water. The Santa Monica Police Department has not logged any recent missing persons reports that match the description of the woman, spokesman Rudy Flores said in an email.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 26, 2021 17:03 UTC