Source: Radio New Zealand
The kayak was found washed up near Blaketown where a person was swept up. SUPPLIED/POLICE
A Search and Rescue operation is continuing in Greymouth on Sunday after a person was swept out to sea.
Emergency services got the call around 6pm on Saturday a person was swept out in the Greymouth/Blaketown area.
Police said a kayak was found washed up near Blaketown at around 7.30pm on Saturday and enquiries were being made to find out whether this is linked to the person that was seen.
Senior Sergeant Mark Kirkwood, West Coast Search and Rescue, said the extensive search had involved Police, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Kotuku Surf Lifesaving and Garden City Helicopters.
“The Emily B Drifter was also deployed, the drifter replicates where a person in the ocean may be.”
Police were asking anybody who recognised the kayak, or has not heard from somebody who was kayaking in Greymouth on Saturday to contact Police via 105, quoting the reference number P065678948.
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