A BRITISH man has been found dead in the water at a Costa del Sol marina.
Firefighters spent around an hour recovering his body after it was spotted between boats at popular Duquesa Port near Estepona around 4.30am on Sunday.
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Emergency responders could not save the man, said to be aged around 60, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Civil Guard officers are probing the circumstances surrounding the Brit’s death.
It is believed the man, who was fully-clothed, owned a boat in the marina.
Well-placed sources said there were no obvious signs of any injuries pointing to a crime having taken place.
But a post-mortem that could reveal more details is due to take place.
A spokesman for the force said: “I can confirm the dead man is British.
“The death is still being investigated but at this stage everything is pointing to it being an accident.”
A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency response coordination centre said late yesterday: “The emergency services have recovered the lifeless body of a man found in the water at La Duquesa port in the municipality of Manilva.
“The alarm was raised just before 4.30am on Sunday.
“Local police, Civil Guard and firefighters were among the emergency responders mobilised.
“The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
In January a British man’s body was found floating in the water at a marina in Calpe north of Benidorm following a suspected accident.
He was described at the time as a 53-year-old who had moored a boat he lived on in the pleasure port after arriving from the nearby town of Altea.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Alicante said at the time: “I can confirm we have recovered the body of a 53-year-old British man from the water at Calpe port.
“We were informed by an emergency response coordination centre around 9.40am yesterday and mobilised specialist divers from our GEAS unit.
“There was nothing we could do to save him. He was already dead by the time police divers reached him.”
La Duquesa port is between Sotogrande to the west and Estepona to the east, filled with bars and restaurants.
