A member of the public walking along the shore between Titahi Bay and Green Point observed a vessel at anchor a few meters off the shore with nobody on board. A small black fluffy dog was observed swimming from the boat to shore and running around the coastline in a semi frantic state.
The informant said the vessel was observed empty for 20 minutes and felt like something was wrong.
Te Awarua Rescue responded with a crew to search for the vessel. We searched the entire shoreline from Titahi Bay to a few hundred metres past Open Bay. Nothing was found.
After discussing with Police it was agreed that it was most likely to have been a diver and they had since surfaced and headed home, standing us down.
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[1] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/mark-presling
[2] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/weedoogie
[3] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/jakepresling
[4] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/jason-hall
[5] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/peter-ward
[6] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/trevor-burgess
[7] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/zanebublitz
[8] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/crv/te-awarua-rescue