On Saturday, a 26-year-old surfer was swept a quarter-mile out to sea amidst large waves in Santa Barbara, California. The unidentified individual survived. He had been surfing Haskell's Beach in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Santa Barbara County Fire Department used drones and infrared cameras to rescue a surfer at Haskell's Beach. (Courtesy of ...

From there, the department used aerial drones equipped with infrared cameras to scan the ocean to locate the surfer, who was on the buoy for 20 to 30 minutes, the Santa Barbara Independent reported.