A man was hit by a wave and swept into the ocean in California, deputies said. Although rescuers found him in the water and tried to save him, he died, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said in a March 2 post on Facebook.

A man died after he was swept out to sea in Sonoma County on Sunday morning amidst a high surf warning, authorities said.

A person died Sunday off the Sonoma County coast when a wave struck him and he plunged into the ocean, the sheriff’s office said.

A man was swept into the ocean while visiting the Sonoma County coast Sunday, authorities said. The man was pulled into the water around 10:41 a.m. while standing on rocks at the Gerstle Cove State Marine Reserve,