The Fairfield Police Department announced Monday morning that the male recovered from the waters off Lighthouse Point and Penfield Reef was identified as 29-year-old Luis Llivipuma-Leon of Ossining, NY.
The department said the Fairfield County Regional Dispatch Center received a report shortly after noon on Saturday of two people who were struggling in the water.
Several bystanders were able to rescue one person, but Llivipuma-Leon was not immediately located, which prompted a rescue attempt by the department and other agencies.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter found the missing male at about 3 p.m., according to the department.
The department recovered Llivipuma-Leon, transferred him to a marine unit which took him to the shore where he was pronounced dead.