1 drowned, 1 rescued from waters near Marin Headlands

MARIN HEADLANDS, Calif. (KGO) -- One man drowned and another man was rescued after waves swept them into the ocean in the Marin Headlands Sunday afternoon.

An onlooker on shore near the southern end of Rodeo Beach called 911 around 12:25 p.m. to report that two fishermen had been swept off of some rocks into the water.

One of the two men were pulled out of the water by the US Coast Guard on a rescue boat. Emergency responders tried to resuscitate him on the trip all the way to the US Coast Guard station Golden Gate, but he was pronounced dead a short time later by paramedics.

According to the National Park Service, someone used Marine band radio to call for help after seeing two men who were fishing on rocks at Rodeo Beach get swept into the ocean.

National Park Service lifeguards responded after hearing the calls for help on Marine band radio.

Lifeguards found one of the men clinging to the rocks, so they rescued him and rushed him to a Marin County hospital.

The second man was spotted a short time later and was plucked from the water by a US Coast Guard rescue boat crew.

A spokesperson for the National Park Service says they are trying to figure out exactly how the two men were swept into the water.

An officer said high surf warnings are in effect at numerous Bay Area beaches this Sunday night from the North Bay to the Monterey Bay area.

"A sneaker wave is a much larger wave than any that you see in a series of 10, 20, 30 waves in one very large one will come out. We have people to get swept into the water almost every year due to sneaker waves," National Park Service spokesperson Alexandra Pickavet said.

Beachgoers throughout the Bay Area are advised to take caution on Sunday as large surf and strong rip currents are expected to continue, according to the National Weather Service.

Bay City News contributed to this report.