On Tuesday, family and friends continued to search for the 12-year-old boy who was swept into the ocean at Cowell Ranch State Beach on Monday afternoon.
The boy, Arunay Pruthi of Fremont, had been at the beach with his father and 8-year-old brother when the family was caught by a rogue wave, an ocean phenomenon that creates a wave significantly larger than those surrounding it.
Monday was a sunny day and many visitors flocked to the Coastside for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. A high surf advisory kept some close to the shore, but others werenât so fortunate. The ocean has proven unpredictable lately and that led to some close-call rescues and one other person lost at sea.
Officials have suspended a search for a California boy who was swept into the Pacific Ocean on Monday at a beach in San Mateo County, according to a report.
Search suspended for 12-year-old swept out to sea
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Poster for Arunay Pruthi, who went missing on January 18Courtesy Seema Sangwan
After searching into the early morning, then again after sunrise Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard called off its search Tuesday morning for a 12-year-old Fremont boy who was swept out to sea from a Half Moon Bay beach Monday.
The 12-year-old, his father and his 8-year-old brother were sitting on the sand at Cowell Ranch State Beach when a rogue wave hit them and dragged them into the ocean around 3:42 p.m. The strong surf and churning high waves roughed up the younger boy and the father and tossed them back on the shore while dragging the 12-year-old out to sea.
An Indian American family from Fremont, Calif., is completely shattered after their 12-year-old son was swept away by a sneaker wave at a beach in Half Moon Bay Jan. 18.
Arunay Pruthi, a seventh grader at BASIS Independent Fremont, and his family had taken advantage of the warm weather on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and headed off to the Cowell Ranch State Beach in San Mateo County, not realizing the danger of the surf, reported KTVU Fox 2.
âHe was a reasonably good swimmer,â Tarun Pruthi, his father, told the news channel. âIt was a warm day, but the waves were big.â