A 25-year-old visitor from Taiwan has lost his life after leaping from a well-known Arizona waterfall and becoming trapped beneath the cascading water.

Search and rescue personnel were dispatched to Fossil Creek Lower Waterfalls within Coconino National Forest near Sedona following a drowning report at midday Sunday, according to the Gila County Sheriff's Office.

Eyewitnesses reported that the individual jumped approximately 15 feet before emerging at the waterfall's base. He reportedly signaled he was okay with a thumbs-up gesture before continuing to swim.

Moments later, he "swam beneath the waterfall and went under," authorities stated.

Wei-Jie Lin of Taiwan remained submerged for over 10 minutes before onlookers managed to extract him from the water.

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Witnesses immediately administered CPR, but Lin never regained consciousness.

Fossil Creek Waterfalls sits within Coconino National Forest just beyond Camp Verde, a community recognized for its outdoor activities along the Verde River.

Designated as one of Arizona's two "wild and scenic" waterways, Fossil Creek produces 20,000 gallons per minute from multiple springs at the floor of a 1,600-foot canyon, the Department of Agriculture reports.

The waterfall is accessible via the Dixon Lewis Trail, a one-mile path that traces the creek to a natural cascade "where visitors congregate throughout the day for swimming," the USDA notes.

While the brief hike and swimming hole attract numerous visitors, the USDA cautions that "swimming and cliff diving near the waterfall poses extreme danger and has resulted in multiple drowning fatalities and serious injuries."