Police say the 18-year-old man swept out to sea on Northland's west coast on Saturday was Patea Douglas Tane-Hohaia.
The man was one of three sucked out in rough seas as they tried to fish with a net, north of Maunganui Bluff, 42km north west of Dargaville, about 1pm on Saturday. A 21-year-old remained in a stable condition in Whangarei Hospital.
But the body of a third man had remained at sea with rough sea conditions preventing recovery.
About midday yesterday a body washed ashore and could be that of the missing 27-year-old fisherman.
Whangarei/Kaipara area commander Inspector Tracy Phillips said the body was discovered by locals on the south side of the Maunganui Bluff, northwest of Dargaville.
