Overview
- Authorities identified the missing man as 35-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Amanpreet Thind of New Jersey, a student at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey.
- Thind and two women were swept from rocks at Soberanes Point around 3 p.m. on Nov. 22; the women self-rescued and were treated for minor injuries.
- The operation shifted from search-and-rescue to search-and-recovery after a Coast Guard helicopter lost visual contact with what appeared to be a body in dangerous surf.
- Multi-agency teams have limited efforts to daylight, and officials said Tuesday that a water search could begin Wednesday if conditions allow.
- Officials continue to warn visitors to stay off coastal rocks as the incident follows the recent deaths of a father and his 7-year-old daughter at the same park.