At Marina State Beach, about a 10-mile drive northeast from Monterey, heavy waves pulled a man into the ocean at about noon Monday, KPIX reported. Onlookers tried to rescue the man but were thwarted by strong currents and large waves.

A Watsonville man who died after he was trapped by debris washed up by high surf last week along a Monterey Bay beach has been identified. David Koons, 64, became trapped at Sunset