By rnz.co.nz

Police are seeking help to identify a man found in Wellington on Friday morning.

Waves break on Breaker Bay this evening as the size of the swell increases.

Breaker Bay is on the south east coast of Wellington City. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

Police were alerted to the body of a man in the rockpools at Breaker Bay around 10.40am.

The death is being treated as unexplained and inquiries are ongoing to identify the man and determine what occurred.

The man is white, aged approximately in his 60s, of average height and build, clean-shaven, with short grey-white hair.

He was wearing blue jeans, black socks, brown walking shoes, a blue t-shirt under a black long-sleeve button-up shirt, and had a grey Kathmandu light jacket with green trim.

Anyone with any information, or who may be able to help identify the man, or what happened to him, is asked to contact police through 105 using the reference number 241227/7181.