A diver who disappeared in waters about five miles from Huntington Beach on Sunday morning January 16 was found dead this afternoon.
Search teams spent hours combing the area surrounding an offshore oil processing facility known as the Elly Platform, US Coast Guard officials said in a Tweet. The missing person was described as a commercial diver, Long Beach Fire Department spokesman Brian Fisk said.
The Coast Guard asked the LBFD and other local agencies to help them search for the diver shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sonar equipment from a fire vessel located the missing person’s body at a depth of about 250 feet around 3 p.m., Fisk said.
The body was pulled from the ocean and turned over to Los Angeles County coroner officials Sunday evening, Coast Guard officials said. The identity of this person has not been disclosed pending notification of relatives.
Further information was not immediately available.
Coast Guard air and surface resources along with local partner agencies are actively searching for a missing diver in the vicinity of the Elly platform off Huntington Beach.
— USCG Southern California (@USCGSoCal) January 16, 2022
