At Marina State Beach, about a 10-mile drive northeast from Monterey, heavy waves pulled a man into the ocean at about noon Monday, KPIX reported. Onlookers tried to rescue the man but were thwarted by strong currents and large waves.

A powerful storm pummeling the West Coast churned up waves as high as 60 feet, killing one man, sweeping another out to sea and prompting multiple rescues when a pier collapsed in Santa Cruz, California,

A massive storm wave killed at least one man in California on Monday. A huge storm pounded California's coast on Monday, leading to huge waves. A man was tragically killed by the waves, when he got stuck beneath some debris on the beach.