Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Swimmer Off Corona del Mar

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Swimmer Off Corona del Mar
The Corona del Mar State Beach in Newport Beach, Calif., on April 25, 2020. Michael Heiman/Getty Images
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CORONA DEL MAR, Calif.—The U.S. Coast Guard suspended on the evening of May 29 the search in the ocean off Corona del Mar for a 48-year-old swimmer who did not return when he was expected.

Coast Guard “assets searched for 27 hours, conducting 12 search patterns spanning 152 square miles,” the agency tweeted about 9 p.m. Sunday.

The Coast Guard did not release the man’s name. He was reportedly due to meet up with a friend at 4 p.m. Saturday but did not show up.

The search includes a crew from Long Beach, a U.S. Coast Guard ship, and a helicopter from Point Mugu.

Anyone with information on the man’s whereabouts was asked to call 310- 521-3801.

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