On Friday, the Coast Guard suspended their active search for a missing 62-year-old man who was last seen snorkeling near Chang’s Beach off the Makena Surf Resort on Maui on Tuesday, December 15.

In a press release Petty Officer 3rd Class Soren Johansson, a Sector Honolulu watchstander said,  “With multiple agencies involved in the search, we covered 537 square miles over the course of 75 hours and conducted 29 total searches.  During that time Coast Guard members from Coast Guard Station Maui were able to locate some of the missing man’s snorkeling gear adrift in the water.  Though it is a difficult decision to make, we suspended the search after sunset last night pending any new information.”