The search was launched after an overturned outrigger kayak was found about 500 yards west of the Mission Bay entrance channel. The kayak appeared to be new and was broken in half, a Coast Guard statement said. It belonged to a man who had departed Mission Bay around 11:45 a.m., officials said.

Through investigation, rescuers said they learned the kayak belonged to a man, identified by family as Danny Marron of Yuma, Arizona, who left Mission Bay at about 11:45 a.m., KNSD reported. Marron’s wife, Eryka Arizaga, told KSWB he was a competition outrigger paddler.

The search for a man who went missing while kayaking near Mission Bay has been suspended, according to an update from the U.S. Coast Guard Monday morning. The Coast Guard stated in a news release that crews suspended their search around 5:30 p.