Cal Fire SLO responded to a cliff rescue at Pirate’s Cove in Avila Beach at 11 AM on Sunday.
According to Cal Fire SLO, a man climbed down Pirate’s Cove.
First responders assisted the man down to the water where Harbor Patrol picked him up and gave him a boat ride back to Avila Beach.
The hiker told KSBY he made it down to the water but could not get back up the rope.
The man was not injured.