Overview
- The pair were knocked off rented personal watercraft as night fell Sunday and became separated when rough water carried them away from their group.
- A good Samaritan alerted lifeguards after one partner, Donna Dubray, swam to a breakwall for help and a coordinated multi‑agency search then began.
- U.S. Coast Guard crews spotted and hoisted Paul Anthony Carbullido Jr. about 2.5 miles off Seal Beach Pier during Monday morning search operations.
- Carbullido was hospitalized with hypothermia after his body temperature fell to about 86 degrees and he is recovering while speaking with reporters.
- Authorities found two abandoned jet skis beyond the breakwall overnight and survivors say they received little or no rental instruction, raising questions about night‑ride safety and oversight.