The medical examiner was called to the scene and is working to identify the body. This recovery comes as officials searched for a missing kayaker since last Friday when San Diego Lifeguards found an overturned outrigger kayak about 500 yards west of the Mission Bay entrance channel.

An investigation is underway after a man’s body washed ashore and was recovered by lifeguards near the Ocean Beach Pier Wednesday afternoon, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department officials said. The body was found a few hours after a surfer reported to lifeguards that he had seen the corpse in the water near the pier around 7:30 a.