HUNTINGTON BEACH – A 26-year-old man on a rented paddleboard who was pulled from the water in Huntington Harbour after a 25-minute search on Tuesday afternoon has died.

The man, who did not know how to swim and was not using a personal flotation device, was stand-up paddleboarding with a relative when he fell off at about 3:40 p.m. near the 16500 block of Channel Lane, Huntington Beach Fire Capt. Steven Teasdale said.

Fire Department and lifeguard units searched for the man but were challenged by murky water, producing zero visibility under the surface, Teasdale said.

The man was eventually pulled from the water by lifeguards.

Jose Mendoza of Lakewood was treated by paramedics, taken to Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach and pronounced dead at 5:04 p.m. by the Orange County coroner’s department.

City News Service contributed to this report.