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SAN FRANCISCO — Emergency crews searched the waters off Baker Beach late Friday for a 13-year-old boy who was swept off shore. 

The waves at the beach were six to eight feet high as they approached the shore making swimming unwise, according to Coast Guard Ensign Dale Vogelsang. 

A group of eight people were at the water’s edge at about 3 p.m., and the teenager was hit by a wave. His seven friends went back looking for him but failed to find him. They have been transported to a San Francisco hospital to be checked for hypothermia. The identity of the boy was not immediately available.  

The search efforts have been called off for the evening, and will resume at dawn Saturday.