Kuantan police chief Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said police received information about the incident at 1.45pm.

He said the victim, Adam Ridhuan Abdul Rejab, 18, was from Sri Kembangan, Selangor.

He had gone to the tourist spot for a picnic along with 19 other friends.

“According to the victim’s friend, the group was hit by huge waves which separated them.

“The victim was believed to have been swept away by strong currents before going missing,” he said when contacted today.

He said a search is ongoing with assistance from the Pahang fire and rescue department.

In another incident in Shah Alam, a man drowned after the car he was driving plunged into a ditch near the Sabak Bernam road transport department office at about 4pm today.

Selangor fire and rescue department director Norazam Khamis said the car was believed to have been hit from behind by another vehicle.

The couple in the other car was not injured.