Neah Bay – The Coast Guard suspended the search Thursday night for two people on board a 15-foot pleasure craft, which capsized off Neah Bay, pending new information.
Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report from the Makah Tribal Police Department at approximately 11:00pm Wednesday that a vessel failed to return to its slip at 8 p.m. as scheduled.
The vessel was later discovered capsized on a beach near Koitlah Point. The Coast Guard responded with multiple aircraft and vessels alongside our tribal, local, state, federal, and Canadian partners.
On Thursday afternoon, a woman’s body believed to be one of three missing boaters was discovered on the rocky shoreline near Neah Bay, prompting an intensifying search for the two remaining individuals.
Rescue crews searched over 850 square nautical miles, over a 28 hour period.