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# Harbor patrol rescues man who jumped from SM pier
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/harbor-patrol-rescues-man-who-jumped-from-sm-pier/
- Published: 2003-05-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:07:26.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Pier, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A man was rescued from the frigid waters of the Pacific Ocean this past weekend after he jumped off the Santa Monica Pier on a dare from his friends.

At about 5:40 p.m. on Sunday the 25-year-old man jumped off the south side of the pier’s fishing deck.

The current immediately swept him to the south underneath the pier. The unidentified man was able to cling onto a piece of PVC piping that hangs down from the pier.

Santa Monica Harbor Patrol officer Matt Anderson jumped in after him and “tubed him,” meaning the man was given a rescue to tube to hang on to. Within seconds, harbor patrol officer Eric Castellanos also jumped in to assist in the rescue.

The officers swam the victim to the 1600 block of the beach, where he suffered from hypothermia. He was treated and released. He was cited for jumping off the pier, an act that is illegal in Santa Monica.

Conditions in the ocean that afternoon were sketchy — 59 degrees, one-to three-foot waves and a heavy chop. Had the man not been able to cling onto the PVC piping and wait to be rescued, he might not have been able to survive, authorities said.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 7, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050703.pdf?ref=smdp.com)