Surfers and water-skiers came to the rescue of a sailing school of children after their boats were capsized by a massive swell of 25ft 'king tides' at the mouth of Santa Cruz Harbor in California.
The 12 children from Santa Cruz Yacht Club, aged between 7 and 12 years old, were taking part in a lesson on Sunday afternoon and were on their way to shore when turbulent waves caused their vessels to overturn, washing them overboard.    
Water ski units from the marine rescue teams and local surfers sprang into action to save the party of 12 little boats, after receiving a 911 call from a passerby who had spotted them in trouble. 
A video taken from the beach by a concerned passer-by captures the boats swaying on the waves before being knocked sideways and over, to gasps of distress from onlookers.  

















Marine rescue units and local surfers sprang into action to rescue the children after the boats began to topple over 'like dominoes', throwing the school kids into the ocean






Water ski units from the marine rescue team in Santa Cruz, pictured, had already been deployed as a result of high tide warnings caused by storms in the Pacific Ocean





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Santa Cruz County Fire Battalion Chief Daniel Kline, pictured, said they had 'upstaffed' on the coast due to the incoming swell and so were able to respond quickly to the 911 call

Marc DesJardins, Linden's dad, said that he found the sailing program to be very professional in the past but that he was 'a little surprised that they went out past the harbor mouth.'
Santa Cruz County Fire Battalion Chief Daniel Kline said the calls reporting the capsized boats and people in the water came in at 4:33 p.m.
Concerned officials had already posted additional patrols along the waterfront, including two water-ski units - after receiving warnings of a swell stirred up by storms out in the Pacific Ocean, that could cause 'king tides'; large waves up to 25ft high. 





Fire chiefs said that none of the children were injured and made it safely back to their parents

'With the high swell advisories that we had upstaffed a bit,' he said.
'When the call came in today, we had 2 skis in the water already.'
Their preparations enabled them to respond swiftly to the call and, with the help of local surfers, pull the children safely out of the 50F water.
'No injuries, Kline added.
'Except for some wet, situs judi qq online 24 jam cold kids that needed to be handed back to their parents.'
The ages of the children are not all known, but Kline said at least one was between 7 and 8 years old. 
While a tragedy was avoided in Santa Cruz, a search was underway for a woman swept out to sea at Pescadero State Beach while she was searching for mussels on rocks on the shoreline with her husband. 












Her husband was pulled to safety by a passer-by and rushed to hospital, according to the California Fire San Mateo Santa Cruz Unit Twitter account, but the woman was washed out to sea.   
The unit's helicopter provided air support during the search for the woman who was still missing.
The same afternoon a San Jose man in his 30s went missing after being swept from the bluffs into the ocean in the Marin Headlands area off Point Bonita.   
The man and his friends were scrambling along the bluffs when the high surf caught him at about 2:30 p.m.
National Park Rangers, Southern Marin Fire Protection District, a U.S.

Coast Guard helicopter and lifeboat, and a California Highway Patrol helicopter were all part of the search for the man, which was hampered by extreme ocean conditions.
The search was suspended after nightfall, but will resume in the morning, Golden Gate NPS reported.
A spokesman for Santa Cruz Yacht Club could not be reached for comment.