The search for a missing 5-year-old girl lost off the Big Sur coast in the ocean Friday is now a recovery effort.

The sheriff’s department confirmed Saturday that the little girl was not wearing a life jacket when she was pulled into the ocean by 15 to 20 foot waves, and they have no hope she’ll be found alive now in the icy 59-degree ocean waters.

This happened Friday at about 1 p.m. at Garrapata State Beach along Highway 1 in Monterey County.

Witnesses said the father saw his 5-year-old girl struggling in the heavy waves and when he tried to reach her, they were both pulled farther from shore.

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Andres Rosas, Monterey County Sheriff’s commander, said the father was 39-year-old Yuji Hu from

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