Coast Guard Searches For Missing Surfer In Marin Headland's Rodeo Cove Area

RODEO COVE (CBS SF) -- The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search for a surfer who was swept into ocean waters in the Rodeo Cove area off of the Marin Headlands Wednesday evening.

At 4:52 p.m., an emergency call came in to the Coast Guard reporting that a surfer was performing CPR on another, unconscious, surfer.

The unconscious surfer was then pulled back into the ocean by the waves and could no longer be seen. The surfer that was seen preforming CPR on the other surfer is safe on land, according to Coast Guard officials.

The U.S. Coast Guard San Francisco Command Center deployed a rescue boat and a search helicopter to the area of Rodeo Cove. The National Park Service is also assisting in the search and has rescue swimmers in the water searching for the missing surfer.

The search for the missing surfer is ongoing and active, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.