Jet skier missing in Cook Strait

Marlborough App

A search is ongoing for a man reported missing on a jet ski yesterday.

The man left the Tasman District on Monday morning set for Plimmerton, north of Wellington, but did not arrive as expected.

Police and SAR teams have been conducting a water search with the assistance of Coastguard and RCCNZ.

A jet ski was located near Cooks Rock in the Cook Strait yesterday evening, believed to be the one belonging to the missing man.

Two  helicopters have been carrying out grid searches north of Jackson Point.

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