Overview
- The U.S. Coast Guard has identified the missing paddleboarder as 48-year-old Matt Pawlowski and is treating the case as an active search-and-rescue operation.
- He was last seen heading east about four miles off Jupiter Beach on a 14-foot lime green and yellow paddleboard, and witnesses reported he wore a white hat, orange shirt and gray shorts.
- Coast Guard air stations and surface units, including the cutter William Flores and multiple local stations, are conducting searches guided by the last-known position, drift-pattern analysis and possible route modeling.
- Authorities have not reported any recovery and are asking anyone with information to contact U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami at 305-535-4472.
- Local reporting links Pawlowski to NextEra Energy in Juno Beach, a detail attributed to unnamed sources that has heightened community interest while the multi-agency search continues.