A 21-year-old man was rescued near Sands Beach Saturday morning, according to fire officials.
Santa Barbara County Fire says the man was kayaking but had drifted too far off-shore.
The man is reportedly a UCSB student.
The SBC Water Rescue Unit pulled him to safety on UCSB’s campus. Fire officials say he wasn’t in distress or suffering from hypothermia, and no injuries were reported.
#WaterRescue-21yr old male USC student in kayak towed to Sands Beach on the UC Santa Barbara campus by SBC Water Rescue Unit. Kayaker was found 1/2 mile out & in no distress/no hypothermia, but had been drifting too far offshore. ME17, WR11, Fire Copt 308, BC520 o/s C/T 3:54
— SBCFireInfo (@EliasonMike) August 11, 2018
