Gerard Butler Saved At Large-Wave Surfing Place

First Released: December 20, 2011 9:31 AM EST Credit: Getty Images HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- Caption Gerard Butler attends the United kingdom premiere of Machine Gun Preacher at BAFTA working in london on September 28, 2011 Gerard Butler is alright after being saved from the treacherous California surf break noted for tales-high waves. The 42-year-old star of Of Males and Mavericks occured underwater Sunday mid-day when some waves folded in. A security patrolman on the Jetski swooped in and selected him up. Competitive surfer Zach Wormhoudt informs The San Mateo County Occasions newspaper the actor was shaken up although not seriously hurt. Butler was taken by ambulance to some hospital for examination and then launched. Of Males and Mavericks is all about surfer Jay Moriarty, who died inside a free-diving accident in 2001 when he was 23. Butlers publicist Rupert Fowler didnt immediately react to an e-mail message sent Tuesday. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.