RedactedNarrative: Vessel –Unknown year, 14’ Kayak
  
  On 09/10/2022, at about 11:15 a.m., the vessel operated by Subject, was paddling in Padilla Bay, crossing from Guemes Island to Jack Island located near the town of Anacortes, WA in the county of Skagit.
  
           According to Law Enforcement, witnesses saw Subject attempt to cross from Guemes Island to Jack Island in a kayak. Subject fell into the water near the north side of Jack Island, possibly in a kelp bed. A witness thought they briefly saw Subject struggling to swim near the kayak after hearing a call for help. Subject was inexperienced, wore no cold-water protective gear and had no personal floatation device. The tide was high and current strong so it was decided not to send in an agency dive team. A local community member who dives frequently in the kelp, entered the water to search for Subject. The search continued all weekend but they did not recover a body.
  
  Update: 9/26/2022, Coast Guard continued the search after Skagit County Sheriff Officers called it off. A dive team searched the kelp bed as best they could. As of today, Subject has not been found.
  
  
  1 Fatality - Missing presumed drowned
  No Apparent Alcohol was Involved
  Vessel Operator/Fatality was not wearing a PFD
  