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San Diego Lifeguards Find Missing Man On Personal Watercraft

San Diego lifeguards monitor the beach at Tourmaline Surf Park in Pacific Beach, Aug. 26, 2014.
Christopher Maue
San Diego lifeguards monitor the beach at Tourmaline Surf Park in Pacific Beach, Aug. 26, 2014.

The U.S. Coast Guard says lifeguards have found a missing man on a personal watercraft near Fiesta Island.

At 10:40 p.m. Sunday, city of San Diego lifeguards found the missing man with his disabled personal watercraft. The Coast Guard said he had no medical concerns.

The Coast Guard says the lifeguards towed his disabled personal watercraft and took him to Ski Beach to reunite with his family.

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The Coast Guard says that about 8:20 p.m., the family of the missing man reported him missing after he failed to return to Ski Beach where he and his family departed aboard personal watercraft.

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