HONOLULU – The Coast Guard, Kauai Fire Department, and Kauai Ocean Safety Department are searching for a missing snorkeler off Kauai Sunday.
Missing is a 59-year-old male snorkeler last seen wearing pinkish-red board shorts, a black snorkel with an orange tip, and black water shoes with no shirt.
Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders received a report at approximately 12:15 p.m. from Kauai Fire Department dispatchers that a snorkeler had become separated from his group at about 11:45 a.m. off Anini Beach in Kalihiwai, Hawaii.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Kauai and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.
Involved in the search are:
Anyone with information that may assist search efforts should contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM channel 16 or call the Sector Honolulu command center at 808-842-2600.
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