Authorities have identified a surfer found dead along a jetty at the Jersey shore.

Deal police spotted 42-year-old Kevin McGarry of Ocean Township face down off the Roosevelt Avenue beach on Wednesday afternoon.

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First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni tells the Asbury Park Press it appears McGarry died as the result of a surfing accident.

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