Stricken children sob on California beach after boy, 15, went for night time swim off pier and vanished

Children were seen consoling each different aft their 15-year-old friend vanished during a nighttime aquatics successful Huntington Beach connected Sunday night.

Two swimmers went into nan h2o adjacent Lifeguard Tower 11, southbound of Huntington Beach Pier, but only 1 returned, per authorities.

Witnesses said nan came up accelerated and nan waves sewage bigger, sweeping nan boy away.

The US Coast Guard said connected Monday nighttime that it had suspended nan hunt for nan boy, who has not been named by authorities.

'The determination to suspend an progressive hunt is ne'er easy and is only made aft exhaustive efforts to find nan missing person,' said Capt. Stacey Crecy, per ABC 7.

'Our hearts ache for his family and friends.'

Friends of nan teen, a rising precocious schoolhouse sophomore, participated successful nan hunt and said to section media.

Love Che-Howell, of nan teen's friends, told ABC: 'It's beautiful heartbreaking because he was 1 of my really bully friends.

'We conscionable came retired present and started looking for him connected nan beach, and we conscionable saw location were cars everywhere. There were helicopters. The full water was lit up. There were lights sparkling everywhere.'

A mini vessel unit and an chopper were dispatched for nan search. 

The seashore defender said waves were astir 3 to 5 feet precocious pinch beardown rip currents passim Sunday.