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Coast Guard searches for father and son off coast of Hawaii

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FOX Local
Missing Persons
Published June 24, 2026 12:59 PM MST
Published June 24, 2026 12:59 PM MST
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United States of America - Hawaii - Oahu Island - Hanauma Bay. (Photo By DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images)

The Brief

    • The Coast Guard and its partners are searching for a missing father and son in Hawaii.
    • The pair, ages 49 and 16, left their hotel Tuesday morning to hike a trail on the island of Oahu.
    • A good Samaritan found the man’s backpack near the trail and notified authorities.

The search for a missing father and son who were last seen leaving their Hawaiian hotel on Tuesday morning continues and has extended into the waters off Oahu, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

Big picture view:

The Coast Guard is working with its partner agencies to try to find the 49-year-old man and his 16-year-old son, whose names were not released. Their family members reported last seeing them leaving the hotel Tuesday around 7 a.m. to hike on the Hanauma Bay Rock Bridge Trail, on the island of Oahu. 

Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM channel 16 or by calling the Sector Honolulu command center at 1-800-552-6458.

The backstory:

Around 8:45 a.m. that morning, a good Samaritan found a backpack with some of the missing man’s belongings in it near the trail and reached out to authorities, the Coast Guard said in a statement. His car was also found next to the trailhead entrance. 

Coast Guard watchstanders broadcast an alert at 11:11 a.m. after the Honolulu Fire Department alerted them to the missing pair. A helicopter and 45-foot response boat were deployed by the Coast Guard to join the search. The Coast Guard expected to deploy a cutter to help locate the father and son, its statement noted.

Dig deeper:

The Coast Guard listed the resources that have been deployed in the search:

  • Coast Guard Sector Honolulu   
  • Coast Guard Station Honolulu
  • Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point    
  • USCGC Oliver Berry (WPC 1124)    
  • Honolulu Fire Department   
  • Honolulu Police Department
  • Honolulu Ocean Safety Department

The Source: Information for this article was taken from the U.S. Coast Guard. This story was reported from Orlando.

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