Coast Guard suspends search for missing woman near Westport, Wash.

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/12/2025 09:15 PM EDT

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Coast Guard suspends search for missing woman near Westport, Wash.
08/12/2025 08:54 PM EDT

The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing kayaker near Westport, Washington, at 1:55 p.m., Tuesday. Missing is a 79-year-old woman.   Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report at approximately 6 p.m., Monday, via Grays Harbor dispatch for an overdue kayaker that had not been seen by her husband for the past hour after getting separated due to weather in the vicinity of Oyhut Bay.