45-foot Response Boat – Medium (U.S. Coast Guard File photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew S. Masaschi)
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard is searching for a possible person in the water approximately six nautical miles east of Long Point, Catalina, Wednesday.
At approximately 5:20 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center watchstanders received notification of an overturned yellow kayak approximately 13 feet in length with the model Perception Sport written on its side.
Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach watchstanders dispatched a Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew and a Coast Guard Forward Operating Base Mugu MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to search for a possible person in the water.
Anyone with any information relating to the overturned kayak is asked to contact Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach at (310) 521-3801.
