Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were caught off-guard when they were swept into the water north of Santa Cruz, officials said.

The incident comes days after a 5-year-old girl was swept into the ocean in Laguna Beach during high surf and recovered two days after going missing

The two women are thought to have been napping on Panther Beach in Santa Cruz, California at around 5pm local time on Wednesday, June 10, when the tide caught them off guard and…