Update: Multi-agency search underway to find missing diver from Kauaʻi

Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 25 with additional information from the U.S. Coast Guard.

A muilti-agency search is underway for a 44-year-old diver from Līhuʻe who was last seen at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Hanalei.

The Kauaʻi Police Department is seeking the public’s help to find Bryson Higashi, who is 5 feet 10, weighs approximately 200 pounds, and has brown eyes and black hair.

Higashi’s truck was discovered near Hanalei Bay after being left unattended for a full day, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders received a notification at 7:36 p.m. Wednesday from Kauai Fire Department personnel of a possible person in the water near Hanalei Bay.

Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and coordinated the diversion of a Coast Guard Station Kauai 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point.

The Coast Guard Cutter William Hart crew also diverted for the search.

The current on-scene weather conditions consist of 15 mph winds, 2- to 4-foot seas with occasional showers and reduced visibility.

Personnel with the Kaua‘i Police Department, the Kaua‘i Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard, and Kaua‘i Search and Rescue are actively coordinating search efforts.

Anyone with information about Higashi’s whereabouts is urged to call Kauaʻi Police Dispatch at 808-241-1711.

Anyone with information that may assist in search efforts also should contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM channel 16 or call the Sector Honolulu command center at 1-800-552-6458.