Two hikers were rescued by helicopter after becoming stranded on a remote beach in California after rising tides cut off their exit route, police said.

Two hikers were rescued after rising tides cut off their route, stranding them on a remote beach, California deputies said. The Marin County Fire Department contacted the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office for help rescuing the two hikers near Elephant Rock in the Point Reyes National Seashore on Saturday, Aug. 2, deputies said in a Facebook post.

Two hikers stranded on a remote beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore in California were rescued by helicopter on Saturday. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department posted video of the dramatic long-line rescue that safely extracted the hikers, who became trapped when rising tides cut off their exit routes.