Coast Guard, fire department rescue kayak fisherman off Waialua
Both the Coast Guard and the Honolulu Fire Department came to the aid of a 52-year-old man who apparently got into trouble while fishing from a kayak early this morning off Waialua.
The fire department was called about 4:34 a.m. by the Coast Guard to assist. Using its helicopter, the Coast Guard located the kayak at 5 a.m. about 400 yards off Aweoweo Beach Park in Waialua.
Both the fire department and the Coast Guard put rescue swimmers into the water just before 5:30 a.m. to help the fisherman bring the kayak to shore.
No injuries were reported.
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Again, an article about an incident with insufficient information to be of any use to help prevent a similar thing from happening in the future. The two big questions are: Why did it happen? and… What can we do to keep from having it happen again? Be a safety … help the general public identify risks.
leino, I’ll take a stab at it, a kayak fisherman goes out to sea, by himself, and he underestimated the sea conditions and overestimated his skill. In other words, he had no business being out there by himself.
Mahalo