From the desk of SHERIFF JOHN WARD CURRY COUNTY, OREGON 94235 MOORE STREET, SUITE 311 29808 Colvin Street (Physical) GOLD BEACH, OR 97444 (541) 247-3221 - FAX: 541-247-6893 [email protected] 04-21-2025 On Friday, 04-18-2025 at about 1:25pm, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received information from the Brookings Dispatch of a 911 call reporting paddle boarders at Secret Beach that were stuck and injured offshore. SAR was requested and that Brookings Fire Department and the Coast Guard were enroute. Cal Ore Life Flight responded as well as an Oregon State Trooper. Secret Beach is located about thirteen miles north of Brookings, Or., off U.S Highway 101. At about 1:40pm, I arrived and hiked the Secret Beach trail down to the beach and met with other first responders. We determined that the two that were stuck on a rock were a couple hundred yards offshore and the best way to get to them would either be by Coast Guard boat or helicopter. In the meantime, two SAR members, Happ Flynn and Joe Kulp used a kayak to reach the two stranded subjects, one of which was injured from falling after he tried to climb the rock to the top. SAR members determined that the male subject who was injured had a broken arm, several lacerations and was hypothermic. SAR members stabilized the man’s arm and then was able to float the injured male out to the Coast Guard boat that was waiting about thirty yards from the rock. The Coast Guard then transported the injured man to Brookings Harbor where Cal Ore transported him to Sutter Coast Hospital. The two SAR swimmers then were able to get the female back to shore with her kayak. The two subjects that were rescued were from Duluth Minnesota.Photos from Curry County Justice's post