A Royal Caribbean employee has been found by two Newport Beach fishermen treading water 20 miles off the California coast.

The cruise ship worker was rescued Friday after being spotted by Sean Norton and Grant Garrett, who had been fishing for marlin that morning.

"I'm like, 'Yeah, it's a human being. Stop the boat. Let's get all of our lines in,’” Garrett recalled in an interview with CBS Los Angeles .

The employee, whose name has not been revealed, told the fishermen he was a pianist on Royal Caribbean’s 14-deck Ovation of the Seas ship.

Norton said he and Grant lifted the man, adding that the pianist was “in total shock.”

A Royal Caribbean employee was found Friday by two Newport Beach fishermen treading water 20 miles off the California coast (Getty Images)

"The only thing he said to me was, 'Thank you.…