The corpse washed back into the ocean after first being reported but was recovered hours later, officials said.
A person walking in Point Loma made a grisly discovery Monday morning in Ocean Beach when they spotted a body on the shore.
After the corpse was found in Ocean Beach, just before 6 a.m., however, the tide pulled it back out to sea
Lifeguards continued to search for about a half-hour but were unable to locate the body, so they then contacted the U.S. Coast Guard to join the search. Lifeguards spotted the body again just before 8 a.m. and brought it to shore.
Officials say the victim is a man who was believed to be in his 40s.
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San Diego police have been called in to investigate the death.
