Santa Cruz County officials said California State Parks and Fire crews went to Sunset State Beach around 11:30 a.m. for reports of a man trapped under debris.
The death comes after the National Weather Service issued a high surf warning that remains in effect through noon Tuesday for San Francisco, the North Bay coast including Point Reyes National Seashore, the Peninsula coast, the Monterey Bay, and Big Sur Coast. Breaking waves of 30 to 35 feet are expected along the coast.
Life guards were able to pull two of the three construction workers out of the water, with the third making it out of the surf on their own.
Rescue crews went to where the man had entered the water, near Dunes Drive, but could not get a "visual confirmation" him. A search was launched, involving the US Coast Guard and the California Highway Patrol's Air unit, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
The identity of the man was not released by police.
A search was launched, but it was later suspended due to conditions on the water. According to Cal Fire, the Coast Guard will be launching a recovery search once conditions improve in the next couple of days.
One of them was found clinging to rocks. The two others were rescued after they had been carried upstream by a wave. The fire district said two were taken to the hospital and one was released at the scene.
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