PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing boater near Port Isabel, Texas

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi Public Affairs (361) 438-0176 PA Detachment Texas online newsroom

Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing boater near Port Isabel, Texas

 

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard and partner agency crews are searching for a missing boater in Lower Laguna Madre near Port Isabel, Texas, Sunday.

Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a report from the South Padre Island Police Department stating a family member called in saying the boater left from the West Polaris Boat Ramp in South Padre Island at noon Saturday and was excepted to return by 6 p.m.

A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island 33-foot Special Purpose Craft boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew launched to the last known position.

The SPC crew located the 18-foot vessel with no signs of anyone on board and continued to search the area.

Involved in the search are:

• Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi
• Coast Guard Station South Padre Island
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• South Padre Island Police Department
• Port Isabel Police Department

If anyone has any information, please contact the Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center at (361) 939-0450.

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