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Coast Guard Searches For Surfer Reported Missing Off Ocean Beach

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- After scouring the waters off the coast of San Francisco for a surfer who was possibly in distress, the U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search because the surfer may have already made it safely to shore, a Coast Guard controller said.

Shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, a woman on the beach called the Coast Guard and reported that she had lost sight of a surfer in the waters near Ocean Beach, Coast Guard search and rescue controller Danielle Couture said.

A rescue craft was launched from Station Golden Gate at Fort Baker around 5:15 p.m., and Couture said that the rescue crew did not locate anyone in distress.

As of 8:35 p.m., the search had been suspended.

"A few people who came out of the water did match the surfer's description," Couture said.

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