California kayaker, 39, found dead 100 yards from the shore five days trends now A father in California has been found dead days after he went missing in Tomales Bay - vanishing without a trace during a fishing trip with friends. The discovery, made Wednesday by several divers who took part in the search, comes nearly a week after the disappearance of 39-year-old Clinton Yoshio Koga in waters some 30 miles north of San Francisco. Koga, an avid kayaker who hailed from the Bay Area, had been crabbing when he disappeared last Friday, and at one point during the outing, braved the bay alone to retrieve a cage the group had left behind. Within minutes, police said, members of the group noticed he was missing, with his kayak no longer visible from the shore. On Wednesday, volunteer aquatic search group California Recovery Divers uncovered the kayaker's remains about 100 yards away from that shore, searchers said in an update to the group's Facebook page. The discovery, made Wednesday, comes nearly a week after the disappearance of 39-year-old Clinton Yoshio Koga - seen here with his daughter Kailey in waters 30 miles north of South Francisco 'Honored to be able to recover Clinton Koga from Tomales Bay yesterday,' the post read, remarking that the retrieval effort was 'difficult work' due to currents currently being seen off the shore of Lawson's Landing - where the group had originally set off. Police further revealed that prior to the breakthrough, the divers had only been helping in the search since Wednesday morning, meaning Koga's body was found just hours after they became involved. On Wednesday, volunteer search group California Recovery Divers said it uncovered the kayaker's remains 100 yards away from this campground 30 miles north of San Francisco 'Many thanks to our volunteers for bringing Clinton home,' the update, penned Thursday morning, went on to add. Marin County sheriffs added that the group found Koga's body at around 4:15pm, 'approximately 100 yards from the shore of Lawson's Landing.' The corpse was then taken to shore and analyzed by paramedics at the landing's campground, whom quickly discerned the victim was dead. A cause of death for Koga - a father of at least one who lived in nearby Brentwood - was not immediately revealed. The discovery came days after a US Coast Guard theorized that Koga could have seen his kayak capsize by heavy winds seen in the bay during the day of his disappearance, and in the days since. 'It’s a protected cove for the most part,' US Coast Guard Petty Officer Kolton Krag told SFGATE in a phone interview on Thursday of the small bay where Koga had disappeared. 'I do know that it was windy that day.' Strong 'currents' cited by divers who found his body add to that theory, as they could have resulted in Koga being pulled underwater if his kayak had indeed tipped over - a fairly common occurrence for the single-person canoes. A cause of death for Koga - an avid kayaker who lived in nearby Brentwood - was not provided Cops said that a forensic examination of Koga's body was competed by coroners on Friday, but that a cause and manner of death will not be released until Marin County Sheriffs conclude their investigation, which is ongoing. As news of the victims death spread on social media on Thursday, those who knew him - including several friends and his mourning daughter - took to social media to share their shock. 'They say that everything in life changes except taxes and the fact that at a certain point depending on how you live your life your friends will die way before they are supposed to,' said Spencer Lautenschlager. 'They also say the good die young and today I just wish they had been wrong, Clinton Koga was one of the best dudes you could meet, always gave the best vibes,' Lautenschlager wrote, adding that Kogo had been 'the first dude to really take me in and make a new kid feel welcome when I moved to Northern California.' Another offered a similar tribute to the avid kayaker, who is seen in posts on his social media kayaking on flooded streets in his native Brentwood when abnormal amounts of rains hit the region late last year. 'I couldn't catch a football worth a damn growing up but you always kept throwing it my way,' said Rudy Carranza of the victim. 'I will always miss you and I will try to pick up the pieces and just keep going.' Perhaps the most moving tribute, however, was offered on the post published by the divers who found his body, by Koga's own daughter - who recently changed her profile photo on social media to a photo of her and her late father. The heartbreaking post, penned Saturday by Kailey Koga, read: 'Thank you for bringing my dad home.' An official cause of death for the kayaker is set to be released in the coming days. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility