Bay Area Women Identified As Victims Who Died After Being Rescued Off Santa Cruz County Beach

CBS Bay Area

June 17, 2026

Two women who died after being rescued when they were swept out to sea off a Santa Cruz County beach last week were identified as Bay Area college students from Fremont, authorities said.

Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were believed to have been sleeping at a keyhole arch between Panther Beach and Yellow Back Beach northeast of Santa Cruz on June 10 when they were caught by the high tide, according to a Santa Cruz County fire captain.

Nair was a legal studies student at the University of California, Berkeley, while Sran was studying public health at San Jose State University. On Tuesday, the universities confirmed both students had died.

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