wave.jpgA surfer stranded on the rocks at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach was rescued and brought to shore this morning, emergency officials said.

A U.S. Coast Guard motorboat found the male surfer who was reported stranded at the rocks near the Cliff House at 8:06 a.m. and brought him to shore where San Francisco fire crews assisted him, Coast Guard officials said.

A fire official said the surfer was brought to the Crissy Field area at 8:40 a.m.

Sasha Lekach, Bay City News

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