A 16-year-old professional surfer died Tuesday in Barbados while surfing waves generated by Hurricane Irma , according to Surfline .

Zander Venezia, a native of Bridgetown, Barbados, was killed after hitting a shallow reef on the east coast of the island, Surfer.com reported .

Shortly before the accident, Venezia told fellow surfer Dylan Graves that he had just caught the best wave of my life, former pro surfer Alan Burke told Surfline.

Photographer Jimmy Wilson told Stab, a surfing magazine, that he captured Venezia on his final wave . Today we witnessed the worst case scenario, Wilson wrote in an Instagram post. Thankful to see the stoke of his last wave and thats how Ill always remember this kid. RIP @zandervenezia and to your amazing family.