Six people died and two people are missing after a boat capsized on Lake Tahoe in California on Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Two other people were rescued and taken to a hospital after the 27-foot-long boat overturned near D.L. Bliss State Park, sending 10 people into the water around 3 p.m. local time, the Coast Guard said.

A large wave appeared to have caused the boat, a gold Chris-Craft, to overturn, the Coast Guard said. There were winds up to 35 mph and waves of 6 to 8 feet at the time.

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said on social media that its search and rescue team and its dive team would return Sunday morning to continue looking for those missing.

The identities of the victims would not be released until their families had been notified, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The boat overturned on the southwestern side of Lake Tahoe, which is the largest alpine lake in North America and is a major tourism destination that straddles California and Nevada.

The lake, which has a distinctive blue tint and is surrounded by mountains, has a surface area of 191 square miles and an average depth of 1,000 feet, according to the University of California, Davis.

There were several reports of boats in distress on the lake Saturday afternoon after powerful winds suddenly created high waves, SouthTahoeNOW.com, a local news site, reported.

A seasonal lifeguard and a ranger spotted people in the water from the capsized boat and were able to get two of them onto nearby rocks and start performing CPR as help arrived, the site reported.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

By Amanda Holpuch

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