Some alert bystanders help get an unconscious surfer who was in trouble off the Central Coast to shore, but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
It happened at around 9:30 Friday morning, at Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Beach.
Some people saw the surfer was in trouble, and got him to shore. An off-duty nurse, and a bystander started CPR. Santa Barbara County firefighters, and paramedics reached the scene quickly, but they were unable to save the 70-year-old man.
His identity hasn’t been released.