New York ( CNN ) -- Police have identified two bodies found in the waters off Coney Island on Friday , believed to be the two people who went missing while riding on a personal watercraft on the Fourth of July , according to the U.S. Coast Guard . The bodies of Willie Tom , 44 , and Celine Fu , 29 , were discovered Friday afternoon by SCUBA divers of the NYPD Harbor Patrol . Tom 's body was recovered just after noon on Friday . Fu 's body was found less than one hour later . Both were found under about 14 to 15 feet of water in Gravesend Bay , located approximately one mile northwest of Coney Island , according to police . The pair went missing in Coney Island Creek around 8:15 p.m. Thursday , according to New York Police Department spokesman Sgt . Tom Antonetti . Several onlookers saw the pair riding together on a personal watercraft . Fu apparently fell off and Tom circled back and dived in after her . `` They were n't wearing life vests , '' U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Erik Swanson said . Coney Island Creek is adjacent to the Kaiser Park area of Brooklyn . Read more : July 4 accidents . CNN 's Sho Wills and Elizabeth Landers contributed to this report .
Two went missing on Fourth of July . Bodies of Willie Tom , 44 , and Celine Fu , 29 , were discovered Friday afternoon . Several onlookers saw the pair riding together on a personal watercraft .