A man who was pulled out of...

A man who was pulled out of the ocean at about 3:40 p.m. Friday near

Balboa Pier died after paramedics took him to Hoag Memorial Hospital

Presbyterian, Newport Beach police spokesman Sgt. Bill Hartford said.

The man’s name was not released Friday, pending notification of

family members. Witnesses pulled the victim, who appeared to be in

his 50s, out of the water, Lifeguard Capt. Eric Bauer said. A

lifeguard and an off-duty nurse both treated the man. Three more

lifeguards, the lifeguard rescue boat, a fire unit and paramedics

arrived to help the man before he was taken to the hospital.

The victim’s cause of death is still under investigation.