Police in Belmar were alerted to a group of swimmers in trouble off the 6th Avenue Beach. They saved five swimmers. A 42-year-old male swimmer who was unresponsive was also removed from the water by authorities, and he was taken to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.

"He was already partially submerged when they arrived. He was rotated and brought in. Lifeguards, EMTs, and paramedics started doing CPR on the unconscious man, according to police.

The identity of the deceased man was not released.