A search was continuing Monday, July 29, for a teenage boy who went missing off of the coast of Huntington Beach after he and a friend went swimming the night before, authorities said.
After crews searched by land overnight, the U.S. Coast Guard brought boats and helicopters to assist with the search on the water and from overhead on Monday morning, Huntington Beach spokeswoman Jennifer Carey said.
The teenager was reported missing about 9 p.m. near Lifeguard Tower 11, between Twin Dolphin and Huntington streets and south of the Huntington Beach pier, after his friend got out of the water and realized the boy did not get out with him, Carey said.
First responders began searching with a lifeguard in the water, on land and in the air with an Orange County Sheriff’s Department helicopter, Carey said Sunday night, but divers and swimmers were pulled from the water about 10:40 p.m. while the search continued on land and in the air.
On Monday, she said the search area had expanded to between Goldenwest Avenue south to Balboa.
Further information about the teenager was not immediately available.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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