Man on Vacation Dies While Skin Diving Off Laguna Beach
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A Minnesota man visiting his son died while skin diving off Laguna Beach on Saturday.
A spokesman for the Orange County coroner’s office said that an autopsy is scheduled for today to determine whether the man, Herbert C. Morin, 49, died of a heart attack or drowned.
Police said Morin, his son, who lives in Hemet, and a friend were in the water at Fisherman’s Cove, near the 700 block of Cliff Drive. Morin’s son and the friend were scuba diving while Morin stayed near the surface wearing a complete wet suit, fins, mask and snorkel.
About 3 p.m., while the two scuba divers were still underwater, another swimmer noticed Morin floating on the surface and pulled him to shore.
Morin was treated at the scene by lifeguards and Laguna Beach and Orange County rescue personnel, and then was taken to South Coast Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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