Kayak reported adrift at Pukerua Bay

Mana Rescue 1 with 3 x crew responded to a report from police of a red kayak drifting in Pukerua Bay, no sighting of any persons on board.

Contact made with Police SAR doing area observations and a parallel track and directed trackline search assisted in locating a "fishng kayak" look-a-like log.

The job shows the importance of  reports from the public and that usingt 111 to report when concerned for someone's safety is always a good thing to do.

The job was a good display of  ground observer to rescue vessel coordination, this reduced the search time and located the correct target.

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