LOS ANGELES –– The Coast Guard is actively searching for a 25 year-old-male, after the individual was reported missing after entering the water at 5 p.m., Tuesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received notification from Baywatch Redondo Beach of a possible missing swimmer near Manhattan Beach.
The individual was reported as a black male wearing dark grey swimming shorts.
The Coast Guard currently has a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach, Coast Guard Cutter Halibut, homeported in Marina del Rey, and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles searching for the individual, along with Baywatch Redondo and Los Angeles County Fire Lifeguards assisting in the search.
If anyone has any information as to the whereabouts of the individual, they are urged to immediately contact the Coast Guard Command Center in San Pedro at (310) 521-3805.