An Arizona man has drowned while scuba diving off Point Loma in SanDiego. The 46 year-old man was diving with a group on a charter boat about amile off the coast near Sunset Cliffs when he disappeared.

City lifeguards who responded to the emergency call searched the areaand found the man below the surface about an hour after he went missing.  City lifeguard Lt. Andy Lerum said hebelieved the man “took off his buoyancy compensator which had his scuba tank onboard and as soon as he did that, likely he submerged, because he was stillwearing his dive belt.

CPR was performed while transporting the man to lifeguard headquartersand continued on land, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Authorities are still investigating the accident, and no charges havebeen filed against the charter company.

The man’s name has not been released.

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