Video from Mission Beach where a man in a wet suit was pulled from the water by San Diego Lifeguards, according to San Diego Police.
The body of a man wearing a wetsuit has been identified San Diego police confirmed.
Robert Eugene Jeckel, Jr.'s body washed ashore at Mission Beach early Friday, according to lifeguards.
The 52-year-old had no fixed residence SDPD said.
San Diego Fire-Rescue crews and San Diego Police were called to Ocean Front Walk at 4:55 a.m.
The original call reported a man under possible cardiac arrest but lifeguards told NBC 7 San Diego the man was dead when they arrived. They added he may have been dead for some time.
The driver of a beach-sweeping tractor said he called lifeguards after initially spotting the man on the sand.
There was no trauma to the body, according to San Diego Police.
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He was pronounced dead at 5:08 a.m.
Investigators with the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office will work to determine the cause of death.
No other information was immediately available.
