By Khalida Sarwari
The Monterey County coroner’s office today identified a scuba diver who died in Monterey Bay on Saturday as 65-year-old Alameda resident Jean-Pierre Makeyev.
Makeyev was reported missing to the U.S. Coast Guard around 11:20 a.m. near the harbor. He was found unresponsive in the water 20 minutes later, according to the Coast Guard.
He was taken to the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead a short time later.
The Coast Guard and local authorities do not know what caused Makeyev to go into distress, but it appears he experienced an underwater emergency while diving in the Pacific Ocean near the Coast Guard pier in Monterey, according to the coroner’s office.
Makeyev’s cause of death is pending further investigation of his equipment, toxicology and air samples.