UPDATE: U.S. Coast Guard, local search crews continue to search for missing snorkeler

HONOLULU - Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard, Ocean Safety and Life Guard Services Division, and Maui Fire and Police Department continue to search a 300 square mile area within the Maui Triangle for a snorkeler that went missing off Black Rock Beach, Maui, Friday.

Rescue crews continue to saturate an area more than twice the size of Lanai looking for any signs of Tina Fox, a 54-year old female tourist from Colorado, last seen approximately 150 yards from the Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa.

She was last seen wearing a blue swimsuit and fins, but no lifejacket.

The Coast Guard was contacted at approximately 4:30 p.m. Thursday and arrived on scene at 4:45 p.m. Coast Guard assets on scene today include the Coast Guard Cutter Kiska, a 110-foot patrol boated from the Big Island, an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Barbers Point, Honolulu, and a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Maui.

Coast Guard rescue crews plan to search throughout the night.

For more information, please contact Petty Officer 3rd Class Angela Henderson at 808-535-3230.

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