SAN MATEO COUNTY – A 39-year-old San Jose man and an 8-year-old boy died Sunday after rescuers pulled them from the ocean near Half Moon Bay, according to authorities.

The victims who drowned in the ocean in Half Moon Bay over the weekend were identified by officials on Tuesday.

A man and an 8-year-old boy have died following a water rescue off the San Mateo County coast over the weekend, officials said.

A boy who died after he was swept into the ocean during a powerful winter swell was identified by officials on Tuesday as 8-year-old Vihaan Mukund. Lifeguards found the boy and a second victim in the water on Sunday afternoon and rushed them to a hospital where they later died,

A 39-year-old man and an 8-year-old boy have died after they were initially rescued in the waters off Cowell Ranch State Beach.

Rescue crews have retrieved a child and an adult from the ocean in Half Moon Bay Sunday afternoon, officials said.

A man and a boy drowned at Cowell Ranch State Beach while trying to rescue the boy from a riptide; despite rescue efforts, both were pronounced deceased.