Members of the SDSU water ski team practicing on Mission Bay Thursday morning were surprised to find a submerged Mercedes sedan abandoned near Fiesta Island.

Lifeguards and police responded to the call around 7:50 a.m. to recover the car, which was impounded as an abandoned vehicle, said San Diego police spokesman Billy Hernandez.

No one was inside the car when it was towed from the water.

Lifeguards and police responded to Fiesta Island early Thursday after members of a college water skiing team spotted a submerged Mercedes in Mission Bay. (OnScene TV )


Curtis Williams told OnScene TV that he was coaching a member of the San Diego State team who was skiing when he looked down and saw the car clearly beneath the water.

“You could see the license plate and the logo just popping up,” Williams said. “It was about 4 feet down from the surface and the water is real clear right now. It was bizarre.”

Williams said the student who was skiing offered to dive down to take a closer look and see if anyone was in the submerged car, but he cautioned against it. “You never know what could be in there,” he said.

The car was towed from Mission Bay shortly before 8 a.m. and impounded by police. (OnScene TV )