Five people rescued off of UC Santa Barbara’s campus point Friday

ISLA VISTA, Calif. – Four UC Santa Barbara students and an attempted rescuer were rescued from the waters off of campus point.

According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, the four students had rented three kayaks and while they were paddling out, they were driven down the coast and into the Santa Barbara Channel by high winds.

A bystander tried to help the students, but was caught in the high winds Friday as well added the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

All five people were in need of help about a quarter of a mile to half a mile offshore when first responders made it to the scene and successfully brought all five people -four women and one man- back to shore detailed the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, two of the students had symptoms of mild hypothermia, but did not require transportation from the scene.