'Big wave came and took him': Beach baptism tragedy claims pastor's cousin

During an ocean-side baptismal ceremony in California, a man was swept out to sea by two-metre high waves – hopes fade he would be found alive.

US Coast Guard spokesman Adam Stanton said three men were initially washed away by the surf while performing the religious ceremony, held on the shore of the Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve in the small Santa Barbara County city of Guadalupe.