A man's body was found in Ocean Beach Wednesday afternoon, hours after a surfer told police he had spotted remains in the water.

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.

San Diego lifeguards are responding to the Ocean Beach area after a surfer reported seeing a body in the water Wednesday morning, a city spokesperson confirmed. The surfer reported seeing the body near the Ocean Beach Pier around 7:30 a.

San Diego lifeguards in Ocean Beach were called out for the second time on Wednesday about a body in the surf. Their efforts in the afternoon were successful in recovering a body near where Cape May Avenue intersects with Abbott,