SANTA CRUZ >> After a caller reported a floating ”body or a mannequin” Monday, officials recovered a body from the small cove between Steamer Lane and Its Beach where a Utah man went missing Aug. 20.

In response to the 12:49 p.m. call, a Harbor Patrol boat carrying two Santa Cruz Fire rescue swimmers and a jet ski launched from the Santa Cruz Harbor. At the scene, the boat anchored 200 feet from shore and the rescue swimmers used the jet ski to retrieve the body by 1:20 p.m.

Once the body was aboard, two members of Harbor Patrol dressed in white Tyvek suits secured it before returning to the harbor where the Santa Cruz County sheriff’s-coroner waited, according to Santa Cruz Fire Battalion Chief Rob Young. He declined to speculate on the ID of the body.

It’s unclear if the body is that of a missing Utah man, last reported seen in the cove Aug. 20 near the lighthouse on West Cliff Drive. The man, identified as Dang Haus, 24, was struggling in the water before he disappeared.

Haus is presumed drowned after witnesses reported seeing him in distress and screaming for help near the cove where he jumped into the water, according to investigators. He reportedly was wearing only shorts and did not have any swim fins, according to witnesses and Santa Cruz Fire Department Battalion Chief Josh Coleman.

During Monday’s rescue, roughly 15 surfers caught waves or sat in the lineup known as “The Slot.” In addition, a number of tourists watched the recovery.

The body pulled from the water Monday reportedly was clad in jeans, according to witnesses, but was also so badly decomposed it was not possible to determine whether it was a man or a woman.