A search is underway for a 48-year-old man who went missing while paddleboarding off the coast of Florida, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Matt Pawlowski was last seen around 9 a.m. Monday, approximately four miles off Jupiter Beach, paddling east on a 14-foot lime-green and yellow paddleboard, according to the Coast Guard.
Matt Pawlowski is seen on the water in an undated photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard.
U.S. Coast Guard
A paddleboard matching the description of the one used by Pawlowski has been recovered amid the search, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
A good Samaritan located the board approximately 10 miles offshore Jupiter Island and turned it in to local police, it said.
A lime-green and yellow paddleboard used by missing paddleboarder Matt Pawlowski is seen in a photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard.
U.S. Coast Guard
Personnel with the Coast Guard and multiple local law enforcement agencies “continue to search up Florida’s coast,” the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast said Wednesday, as the search for Pawlowski entered its third day.
Air and sea crews have been deployed in the search effort.
Matt Pawlowski is seen in an undated photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard.
U.S. Coast Guard
Pawlowski was reportedly wearing a white hat, orange shirt and gray shorts when he went missing, the Coast Guard said.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Miami Command Center at 305-535-4372.
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