Former college soccer player found dead off San Diego beach in one of nation's wealthiest beach communities

A erstwhile assemblage shot subordinate has been identified arsenic the 26-year-old pistillate recovered dormant successful the waters disconnected San Diego's La Jolla Shores Beach arsenic investigators enactment to find what happened.

Emergency unit responded astir 9:30 a.m. Wednesday aft reports of an unresponsive idiosyncratic floating successful shallow water, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said. Bryn Waite was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

The assemblage was recovered adjacent the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier, FOX 5 San Diego reported.

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Bryn Waite poses for a selfie successful a photograph shared connected her nationalist Instagram account. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the 26-year-old's death. (@akwaorca/Instagram)

Officers and lifeguards with San Diego Fire-Rescue responded aft a bystander spotted the pistillate successful the water, the presumption added. Fire officials said the San Diego Police Department would pb the investigation.

The Medical Examiner identified the pistillate arsenic Waite and said her origin and mode of decease stay pending probe by the San Diego Police Department. The bureau listed her spot of wounded arsenic "Ocean – Undetermined" and said the day and clip of wounded are unknown.

Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Waite played defender astatine Central Washington University during the 2018 and 2019 seasons. She appeared successful 15 games, making 8 starts, and tallied 2 assists implicit 723 vocation minutes. Waite earned Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic Team honors successful 2019.

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Friends told The California Post that Waite had been surviving successful San Diego and had precocious gotten engaged.

A presumption of the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier astatine La Jolla Shores Beach successful San Diego, California. Authorities said the assemblage of 26-year-old Bryn Waite was recovered successful the waters adjacent the pier connected July 22, 2026, and the origin and mode of her decease stay nether investigation. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

"I lone met Bryn a mates of times, but each clip she was incredibly sweet, genuinely benignant and had specified a beauteous spirit," 1 person told the outlet.

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"She had a warmth astir her that made radical consciousness comfy and cared for," the person said. "It's wide that the airy she carried touched truthful galore lives. She volition beryllium profoundly missed."

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Another friend, who said she knew Waite done religion and had seen her recently, described her arsenic "kind and sweet."

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"She listened and loved," the person told the Post. "She is leaving down friends and household that volition miss her dearly."

Bryn Waite poses for a selfie successful a photograph shared connected her nationalist Instagram account. Waite, 26, was recovered dormant successful the waters disconnected San Diego's La Jolla Shores Beach connected July 22, 2026. (@akwaorca/Instagram)

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The person added that Waite "loved animals and the beach."

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Waite's nationalist Instagram relationship included photos from Joshua Tree National Park and different travels. Her last post, shared 3 days earlier she was found, featured a nighttime photograph with the caption, "It lone gets better."

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Investigators person not said however Waite ended up successful the h2o oregon whether foul play is suspected. The circumstances surrounding her decease stay nether investigation.

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The Medical Examiner's Office has not released an estimated clip of death, and authorities person not said whether Waite had been reported missing earlier her assemblage was discovered.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to the San Diego Police Department, San Diego Fire-Rescue, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office and Central Washington University and volition update this communicative arsenic much accusation becomes available.