The U.S. Coast Guard suspended a search Saturday morning for two surfers who went missing in waters off Santa Cruz Friday evening. The two were reported in distress at about 6:30 p.m., about 200 yards offshore from Lighthouse Point. A Coast Guard crew aboard a 47-foot lifeboat from Monterey wa s dispatched to search the area, along with a Coast Guard helicopter crew from San Francisco. After hours of unsuccessful searching, those two units were relieved at about 1 a.m. by another Coast Guard ship, a 225-foot cutter known as the Alder. The Santa Cruz Fire Department and Civil Air Patrol also participated in the unsuccessful search, which was stopped at about 8 a.m. Sunday after no sign of the surfers was found. About 90 miles was searched for over 10 hours. Water temperatures were about 54 degrees with swells of about 7-9 feet, according to the Coast Guard. Michael Zapawa, a search and rescue mission coordinator for U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, said it was never easy to call an end to a search. “The decision to suspend a search weighs heavily on all crews involved,” Zapawa said in a statement. “That decision is based on careful evaluation of all available information, including extensive search efforts, environmental conditions, and survivability assessments.” The U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco can be contacted at (415) 399-7399. ...read more read less