NEAH BAY — A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a stranded hiker from Waatch Point Beach near Neah Bay on Sunday.
The 57-year-old woman was airlifted by a MH-65 helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles and reunited with her family, according to a Coast Guard news release.
The woman was not injured.
“This was a difficult rescue due to the terrain of the beach and cliff,” said Lt. Jeff Davis, the MH-65 co-pilot, in the news release.
“Thanks to our local partners at Neah Bay police and fire departments, we were able to locate her.”
Coast Guard watchstanders received a report of a hiker who had climbed down a beach cliff on a rope and became stranded by the tide at 11:58 a.m.
A Coast Guard aircrew launched from Port Angeles at 12:11 p.m. and arrived on scene at 1:18 p.m, officials said. A rescue swimmer was deployed to hoist the woman off the beach.
The woman was transferred to waiting emergency medical service technicians at Coast Guard Station Neah Bay.
She reported no medical concerns and refused treatment and was released to family, officials said.
High tide occurred in Neah Bay at 1:08 p.m. Sunday.
“The Coast Guard reminds the public to check the tides before visiting beaches of the Pacific Northwest,” Coast Guard officials said.
