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Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing Paddleboarder Off Jupiter Beach

Using drift modeling with coordinated air and surface searches, authorities are asking the public to report any information.

Overview

  • The missing paddleboarder has been identified as 48-year-old Matt Pawlowski, who was last seen heading east about four miles off Jupiter Beach on a 14-foot lime green and yellow board.
  • U.S. Coast Guard air stations and surface units from Miami, Clearwater, Lake Worth Inlet, Fort Pierce and the cutter William Flores are participating in the active search.
  • Search teams say they have used last-known-position data and drift-pattern modeling to guide overnight and daytime air and sea coverage and have not reported a recovery.
  • Authorities ask anyone with information to contact U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami at 305-535-4472, and local reports say Pawlowski was wearing a white hat, orange shirt and gray shorts.
  • WPBF reported sources identifying Pawlowski as a NextEra Energy vice president, and investigators will continue search operations and public appeals while assessing likely drift routes and sightings.